5 The rationale for making strategy-critical value chain activities the primary building blocks in a company's organizational scheme is based on Multiple Choice the contribution it makes to improving labor productivity and reducing labor costs. the benefits of keeping the layers of management to a minimum. the thesis that if activities crucial to strategic success are to have the resources, decision-making influence, and organizational impact they need, they have to be centerpieces in the organizational scheme. the benefit of keeping the organization structure simple and easy for employees to understand. making it easier to capture the benefits of centralized decision making.