Grip Right, Inc. manufactures made-to-order hand tools specializing in crescent wrenches. Production is organized around teams of 30 workers with a daily production quota of 100 wrenches. Once the high quality sheet metal is procured by the purchasing department and the company takes delivery, the manufacturing process involves six stages: cutting, grinding, drilling, polishing, finishing and packaging. A separate department is responsible for shipping.

a. What organizational structure would you propose for this company?

b. How would you organize each team?

c. Suppose that Grip Right were to expand its operations overseas?

What modifications to the company’s organizational structure would you suggest?