Geographic Area

Rumsfeld was not comfortable with the power of geographic-area commanders and the fact that they owned troops. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Corporations conducting business in many countries around the world typically manage their geographically diverse operations via either an international division or a geographic-area structure.28 In general, the greater international operations as a proportion of corporate revenues, the more likely that firms implement a geographic-area structure. ❋ NOEL CAPON (2001)

Global account management is frequently involved in conflict between domestic divisions and international, and among various geographic-area divisions, in addition to traditional inter-functional and inter-business conflicts. ❋ NOEL CAPON (2001)

Within the geographic-area structure, some organizations transition to a situation where that relationship becomes solid line, and the relationship between GAM and geographic-based manager is described as little more than “care and feeding.” ❋ NOEL CAPON (2001)

What may have been planning organizations in a geographic-area structure become line organizations as the geographic dimension essentially disappears. ❋ NOEL CAPON (2001)