Identify Berkshire Hathaway’s corporate level strategy and then recommend an appropriate organizational structure (what it is or what it should be).
“Berkshire Hathaway Inc., through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance, freight rail transportation, and utility businesses worldwide. It provides property, casualty, life, accident, and health insurance and reinsurance; and operates railroad systems in North America. The company also generates, transmits, stores, and distributes electricity from natural gas, coal, wind, solar, hydro, nuclear, and geothermal sources; operates natural gas distribution and storage facilities, interstate pipelines, liquefied natural gas facilities, and compressor and meter stations; and holds interest in coal mining assets. In addition, the company manufactures boxed chocolates and other confectionery products; specialty chemicals, metal cutting tools, and components for aerospace and power generation applications; and flooring, insulation, roofing and engineered, building and engineered components, paints and coatings, and bricks and masonry products, as well as offers manufactured and site-built home construction, and related lending and financial services; and recreational vehicles, apparel products, jewelry, and custom picture framing products, and alkaline batteries. Further, it manufactures castings, forgings, fasteners/fastener systems, and aerostructures; and seamless pipes, fittings, downhole casing and tubing, and various mill forms. Additionally, the company distributes televisions and information; franchises and services quick service restaurants; distributes electronic components; and offers logistics services, grocery and foodservice distribution services, and professional aviation training and shared aircraft ownership programs. It also retails automobiles; furniture, bedding, and accessories; household appliances, electronics, and computers; jewelry, watches, crystal, china, stemware, flatware, gifts, and collectibles; kitchenware; and motorcycle apparel and equipment. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.” (https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BRK-A/profile?p=BRK-A (Links to an external site.))
Each assignment should be approximately 500 words or 3/4 page single spaced in length and will require the application of course material. All assignments must be submitted through Canvas as a Word document by the assigned due date and time using Turnitin which is a plagiarism detection tool. The assignments will be graded using the following three criteria: actual content, effort, and whether or not instructions were followed. Having said this they will mostly be graded on effort and part of effort is reading the chapter the assignment is based on and applying the appropriate chapter material to your answers. Late assignments will not be accepted and thus will receive 0 points. Assignments will typically be graded within a week after the due date. Each student must complete all assignments individually, and in his or her own words. Working with or receiving help from others or using the work of others is academic dishonesty and will result in a failing grade on the assignments and/or in the course.
