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You are Chief Operations Officer (COO) of Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company. The company currently operates under a decentralized organizational structure; however, recent mishaps have occurred due to a perceived lack of control over manufacturing processes and marketing decisions.

In response, the CEO is considering the possibility of changing the organizational structure of the company. You have been asked to consider the recent issues experienced at the company, determine if they can be reasonably attributed to the current organizational structure, consider alternative structures and their pros and cons, and then formulate a recommendation using sound arguments that are well supported, properly vetted, and logically presented.

It is important that management carefully consider any potential ethical implications associated with their stated position. If there are any potential ethical concerns associated with your position, they should be identified and discussed in the final recommendation.

If you prepared your response in Word, please cut and paste it directly into the discussion board so that everyone will not need to first download your response, then open it to read it.

There is no minimum or maximum in terms of the word count; however, the response should explicitly address all required components of this discussion assignment.

The document should be prepared consistent with the APA writing style (6th edition) and reflect higher level cognitive processing (analysis, synthesis, and or evaluation).