2) Do you think it makes sense for a transnational organization to have more than one headquarters? What might be some advantages associated with two headquarters, each responsible for different things? Can you think of any drawbacks
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A transnational organization is an organization that operate in more than one country. It is very important for such organization to have headquarters in each country their operate, because each country their operate will demand that the company should be registered as an organization, according to the countries terms and condition.
When a transnational company has at least one headquarters in the country their operate, it will help the operations of it's business in that country, It will help the organization in fast decision making, it will help the organization to run it's business in different ethics in accordance with the country it operates, it will help the organization in it's mode of employment. The organization can have a corporate headquarters in the country of it's origin, where the Managing directors of each headquarters come to discuss the business of the company.
One example of a transnational organization which has more that one headquarters is ExxonMobil. This company has more than 10 headquarters in different countries. And it's corporate headquarters is in Texas.