Management and Organizational Behavior Managing the Organization's Structure Case Analysis: AES Corporation

1) How would you describe the organizational culture at AES? 2) How would you describe the organizational structure at AES? 3) Why is AES going through major restructuring? AES Corporation is a global power company that is going through major changes in its organizational culture and to its organizational structure due to several events of the past few years. This is a company that grew extremely fast in so little time, that their management found themselves not being …

…Us, Our Culture and Values, AES Today, 2004 http://www.aes.com/aes/index?page=culture AES's New Power Center; Struggling Utility Overhauls, Corporate (Lack of) Structure, The Washington Post; Washington, D.C.; Jun 2, 2003; Martha McNeil Hamilton http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=1&did=000000342576291&SrchMode=1&sid=3&Fmt=3&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1093906753&clientId=29440