The rationale for making strategy-critical value chain activities the primary building blocks in a company's organizational scheme is based on the

A. benefit such an organizational scheme has in improving the productivity of geographically scattered organizational units.
B. much shorter time it takes to build core competencies and competitive capabilities.
C. benefit such an organizational scheme has in reducing costs.
D. thesis that if activities crucial to strategic success are to have the resources, decision-making influence, and organizational impact, they have to be centerpieces in the organizational scheme.
E. benefit such an organizational scheme has in making the empowerment of employees more effective.


Answer: D

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