The president of Becton Dickinson (BD) and his top management team struggle with issues of: 1) how to manage the top of the organization, focusing on leadership style, the committee structure, and the role of sector presidents, and 2) how to manage a multinational business. BD implements transnational organization and worldwide product teams. The teaching objectives are to: 1) understand the relationship between corporate strategy and the organization and management of a global organization, and 2) understand the implications of global management for the human resource function. May be used with: (9-491-151) Becton Dickinson (A): Corporate Strategy; (9-491-154) Becton Dickinson (C): Human Resource Function; (9-491-155) Becton Dickinson (D): Strategic Human Resource Management Profiling; (9-496-007) Becton Dickinson (E): An Assessment of Strategic Human Resource Management Profiling.