Research Ralph Lauren Corporation, and do your best to determine the current structure of the company (centralized or decentralized). Share current resource (less than 8 weeks old) and examples to support why you chose centralized or decentralized. If you were leading the company, would you leave the structure as-is? Why or why not?
Centralized vs. Decentralized structure:
Under a centralized system each organizational unit around the world is responsible for frequently reporting the results of its performance to headquaters. managers from home office ofen visit foreign branches to observe firsthand how the unit are functioning.
Organizations that use decentralized control systems require branches to report less frequently and in less detail. Visits from the home office are less frequent and less concerned with monitoring and assessing performance.