Discussion Questions

Read the following article to answer the discussion questions (link below).  Foss, N. J., Lyngsie, J., & Zahra, S. A. (2015). Organizational design correlates of entrepreneurship: The roles of decentralization and formalization for opportunity discovery and realization. Strategic Organization, 13(1), 32-60.  “Organizational design correlates of entrepreneurship: The roles of decentralization and formalization for opportunity discovery and realization” (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. 

1.In our opinion, which is more important for opportunity discovery and realization…formalization or decentralization? Defend your answer. 

2.Based on your reading of the article, if you wanted to encourage entrepreneurship in your organization, what type of organizational design would you implement? How would you go about implementing your design?