Question

In the context of the types of organizations that do business across national borders, the architecture of the global information system (GIS) in a(n) _____ structure requires a higher level of standardization and uniformity for global efficiency, and yet it must maintain local responsiveness.

Answer 1

In the context of the types of organizations that do business across national borders, the architecture of the global information system (GIS) in a(n) Transnational structure requires a higher level of standardization and uniformity for global efficiency, and yet it must maintain local responsiveness.

Explanation:

GIS is an information system that facilitates communication between a companies headquarters and its subsidiaries in other countries.

A Global Information System( GIS) gathers,mainuplate and transmit data along the geographical boundaries  of a country or Globally

Four commonly accepted types of global organizations are:-

1. Multinational: A company that has its  presence in more than one country and it tries to customize its offering as per the demand of the  local market.
2. International: In this type of organization the subsidiaries depend more on the headquarters for the process and production decisions
3. Global: In this type of organization the subsidiaries have little autonomy.They are characterized by highly centralized information system.
4. Transnational: The parent and all the subsidiaries work together in designing policies ,procedures and logistics related decisions.This architecture requires a higher level of standardization and uniformity for global efficiency but yet it   maintain local responsiveness

so it is the Transnational  structure that requires a higher level of standardization for global efficiency, and yet it must maintain local responsiveness .