By contrast, divisional level adaptive strategies focus more narrowly on specific market segments that relate to the market strengths, potentials, and weaknesses of individual organizational divisions (Swayne, Duncan, & Ginter, 2006). Whereas corporate level adaptive strategies concern the viability and success of the entire organization, divisional adaptive strategies concern only the business environment of individual divisions largely irrespective of the overall strategic mission of the organization. Consequently, it is possible for the adaptive needs of the organization to dictate adaptive strategies that may seem antithetical to the strengths of divisional components, such as contraction in scope despite operational success at the divisional level (Swayne, Duncan, & Ginter, 2006).

Appropriate Conditions for Corporate and Division Level Adaptive Strategies

Generally, appropriate conditions for corporate level adaptive strategies...

Conversely, appropriate conditions for division level adaptive strategies are those that pertain directly to the strengths and viability of, or potential threats to organizational subdivisions. However, whereas the external environment of the corporate entity may influence adaptive strategies that pertain to individual subdivisions, the opposite is not true: the potential needs of the division never influence the adaptive strategies necessitated for the strength and viability of the corporate entity (Swayne, Duncan, & Ginter, 2006).
Reference

Swayne, L.E., Duncan, W.J., and Ginter, P.M. (2006). Strategic Management of Health

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