In order to understand the importance of an organization's structure for accomplishing their strategy you will research and report on two instances where an organization's structure affected their performance. Specifically, a complete submission will:

1. highlight an organization's structure (or an element of this structure) that waspositivelyaligned with that organization's big picture strategy and/or specific goals they wanted to achieve For example, REI attributes much of their sustained revenue to their co-op (i.e., member owned) business structure:https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/03/rei-jerry-stritzke-interview/520278/(Links to an external site.)
2. highlight an organization's structure (or an element of this structure) that wasnegativelyaligned with that organization's big picture strategy and/or specific goals they wanted to achieve. For example, Zappos failed spectacularly when they tried to get rid of hierarchy through a "holacracy" structure:https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/01/zappos-holacracy-hierarchy/424173/; https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/business/at-zappos-selling-shoes-and-a-vision.html(Links to an external site.)

Can you guys give me a hint on how to start this?