Club Méditerranée (A)
Club Med is considering changing from a functional product structure to a regional profit center structure. How to implement and still keep the basic principles and objectives which have made Club Med so successful? The case focuses on the relationship between strategy and structure and operationalization of a new organizational structure.
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