Requires students to draw a diagram of the structure of the new organization for the rapidly growing business. A / S DIENA is a publisher based in Latvia against 1990/91 for independence from the Soviet Union, with a clear social mission in support of democracy. With the help of Swedish investors, during the 1990's of business has had its ups and downs of the economy in transition to build the nation's leading newspapers. In 1997, in search of new sources of growth, A / S DIENA expanding outside of Riga, a regional group Press, decentralized network of community newspapers emphasizing the property of the employee and the division of roles between the editors and publishers. By 2001, however, the community newspaper market is shrinking, the regional press group is not profitable, and Western-style profit planning system met with some resistance of the former government employees. Decision point focuses on how to rebuild the regional press group and its interaction with national newspapers and other business units A / S Diena. "Hide
by Robert L. Simons, Indra A. Reinbergs Source: Harvard Business School 20 pages. Publication Date: September 7, 2001. Prod. #: 102001-PDF-ENG
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