Organizing for Global Competitiveness

The Role of Corporate Headquarters and Its Leadership in Organizational Integration.

Document Highlights 

Corporate-headquarters led collaboration among a company’s business units is often unsuccessful, and many of the conditions surrounding these initiatives are likely to become more difficult. This research report, part of a series that presents the status of major organization formats, delineates the changing roles of corporate headquarters (CHQ) and provides a framework to help corporate management lead successful integration initiatives.

Topics covered:

• The role of corporate headquarters
• Key challenges to CHQ performance
• Role-defining relationships between the CHQ and the business units
• Anticipated patterns of future CHQ role change
• New challenges for CHQ leadership in organizational integration

Special features:

• the results of a survey on linkage attitudes
• a four-page ‘executive summary’