Question

The list below also includes the main organizational archetypes of large European companies.
1. National holding companies;
2. Industrial groups;
3. Industrial holding companies;
4. Financial conglomerates;
5. Entrepreneurial conglomerates;
6. Keiretsus sites.
Indicate which of the following combinations correctly and completely represent the organizational
archetypes of large European companies:
a. 1-2-3;
b. 2-3-4;
c. 3-4-5;
d. 1-3-5;
e. 4-5-6.

Answer 1

The following combinations represent the organizational archetypes of large European companies.

Answer , B , 2- 3- 4.

Industrial groups - industrial holding companies- financial conglomerates.

The organizational archetypes is the expression of human natural instinct to create an organization. One of the balancing element of an organization is the way how archetypes are added to it. It provides a rich understanding of the organizations culture.

European companies basically have industrial groups, industrial holding companies and financial conglomerates as their  organizational archetypes.