1. What does it mean to  organize by function? What are the benefits and what are the drawbacks in organizations structured by function?

2. Differentiation vs. integration? What are the differences? What is the dilemma?

3. Why do you find  Minzberg's adhocracy form in diverse, freewheeling environments?

4. Why restructure?

5. Why are folks at the top among the last to know?

6. How do we decide how loose, how tight?

7. What is a matrix structure?

8.  How do you explain the structural odd couple, McDonalds and Harvard?

9. Describe various sports teams in terms of their structure? E.g.,  soccer, basketball, baseball,  American football, cross country, team bicycle racing.

10. How should structure be a reflection of the environment?

11. Why is the structural frame the most familiar and do you agree most folks assume it is the most important?

12.  What do you think are the  most important ideas about organizations understood by the structural frame