ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE QUESTION ANSWER 2022

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ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE
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ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE1
Table of Contents
1. Report 1.1...............................................................................................................................2
Answer 1................................................................................................................................2
Answer 2................................................................................................................................2
2. Report 1.2...............................................................................................................................3
Answer 1................................................................................................................................3
Answer 2................................................................................................................................3
Answer 3................................................................................................................................4
Answer 4................................................................................................................................4
3. Report 1.3...............................................................................................................................5
Answer 1................................................................................................................................5
Answer 2................................................................................................................................5
Answer 3................................................................................................................................6
Answer 4................................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................7

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE2
1. Report 1.1
Answer 1
The steel manufacturing company of SteelCo incorporates two major divisions, each
of which has a different business model, although headed by a central level of corporate
leadership. Hence, the matrix organizational architecture will be the best suitable for this kind
of organization where not only vertical communication, but also horizontal communication
amongst the different departments will enhance the functionality of the business (Du Preez,
Van der Merwe and Matthee 2018). The Division Alpha should be segregated into seven
departments- the production, the inventory, the sales and delivery, the IT, HR, Finance and
Legal department. The IT department needs to connect to all the departments for better
management of automated operations. On the other hand, the Division Beta should have a
shared division of common services, which are the HR, Finance, Accounting and IT. Each of
the three major units comprising of manufacturing processes, distribution channels and sales
and marketing campaigns should be attached with the above-mentioned common
departments.
Answer 2
Since the SteelCo company, incorporates a matrix design of organizational
architecture it will require separate executives for each of the departments in each of the
divisions. The CEO of the company will head both the divisions and each of the departmental
heads of Division Alpha and Division Beta should report to the corporate leader of the
organization. The seven departments of Division Alpha will each incorporate an architectural
head, which are the CPO, CSO, CFO, CIO, the law executive, the HR executive and the
inventory manager (Woodard 2017). Whereas, the Beta division will have a HR manager, a
CFO and a CIO who will be controlling all the three line of products. Each product line will