COLUMBIA LUMBER PRODUCTS COMPANY Question 1: Draw a new organization for Columbia Lumber Products Company (CLPC) that you feel overcomes best the directors’ criticisms of CLPC’s present (January 31, 1996) organization. Indicate the geographic location of all operations shown on the new chart. Explain why you established the organization chart the way you did. Question 2: Assume that the firm should be reorganized in a manner that emphasizes sales and marketing. This would include a physical distribution system, which would support the marketing effort. Draw an organization chart that you think would accomplish this aim. Indicate the geographic location of all operations on the new chart and explain why you drew the chart as you did. Question 3: Assume that the firm wants to reorganize into a highly centralized form, closely managed from a single home office. Draw a new chart that takes this into account. Indicate the geographic location of all operations on the chart and explain why you organized it as you did. Question 4: Assume, instead, that the firm wants to reorganize into a highly decentralized form, where many important decisions can be made out in the field. Draw up a new chart, including the geographic location of all activities. Explain why you drew it up as you did. Question 5: Young Irwin Buchanan III, the firm’s senior traffic manager, heard rumors that the number of vice presidents was to be reduced. He felt that this would reduce his chances of ever achieving vice presidential—or presidential—status. Luckily, he had access to some money in a family trust fund. He wondered whether he should propose to form a separate, third-party firm to contract with CLPC to perform CLPC’s logistical operations. What functions should it offer to perform? Question 6: (This is a continuation of the situation described in question 5.) Assume that young Buchanan does decide to form an outside firm to handle CLPC’s logistics operations. Draft his letter to CLPC’s management containing such a proposal.