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Organizational structure: the scope of acceptable behavior within an organization, its lines of authority and accountability, and to some extent the organization's relationship with its external environment, it’s an organizational structure (D. George, 1999)
An organizational structure and culture of KBR: KBR serves six business units. Those are: 1. Upstream: This offers engineering, construction, purchasing and related services for energy projects. 2. Downstream- This serves business clients in the petrochemical, refining and coal gasification markets. 3. KBR Services: This provides construction and maintenance services. 4. KBR Technology: This protects the technological property rights of the business. With over 80 years of experience in high-tech research and development in specialist markets, KBR Technology helps the business to maintain a technological competitive advantage. 5. KBR Ventures: This offers financial investment and management services for companies owning assets of KBR projects. 6. Government and Infrastructure (G&I): This offers construction, engineering, programming management and services contracting for public and private sector businesses all over the world.
Similar organization: A major UK project for G&I is Project Allenby/Connaught, the largest infrastructure project ever to be awarded by the Ministry of Defense to the private sector. This project is aimed at improving the living and working environments for British soldiers at garrisons in Aldershot and across Salisbury Plain. The scope of this work is to provide modern, high quality, fully serviced, purpose-built living and working accommodation to nearly 19,000 soldiers (20% of the British Army). To deliver Project Allenby/Connaught KBR joined forces with another company, Carillion, to form a joint venture organization called Aspire Defense. The £12