Talk:Matrix management
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This entry should have taken into account the following references: Davis, S. M., & Lawrence, P. R. (1978). Problems of matrix organizations. Harvard Business Review, 56(3), 131-142; Bartlett, C. A., & Ghoshal, S. (1990). Matrix Management: Not a Structure, a Frame of Mind. Harvard Business Review, 68(4), 138-145; Doz, Y., & Prahalad, C. K. (1984). Patterns of Strategic Control within Multinational Corporations. Journal of International Business Studies, 15(2), 55-72.
The matrix organization is being replaced by the multidimensional organization. Cases are IBM, Microsoft, ASML. See: Strikwerda, H. (2007). The Emergence of the Multidimensional Organization, www.SSRN.com . J. Strikwerda (talk) 22:11, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
This entry is a bit confusing. It is arguably more applicable as a description for "line-staff organisation" sometimes referred to as "project co-ordinated" management.
In Matrix Management, teams work primarily on a project basis, but the allocation of staff to projects is carried out by functional management, and functional management also acts as line management.
See Kerzner, H, "Project Management, A systems approach to planning and scheduling and controlling", Sixth Edition, chp. 3, 'Organizational Structures'.
This article is almost wrong. A matrix actually combines aspects of functional (direct management) with projectized (resource pool) at 3 possible levels. Matrix employees generally report to a functional manager (their boss) but are pulled to work on projects when needed.
Needs update badly.
11:45, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
> This article, Matrix Management, is almost wrong
I agree, don't merge it into the other article just delete it and keep the article 'Matrix management' as it expalians the subject properly.
[edit] Lack of image
It would be nice if someone created and uploaded a sample matrix management diagram. —Remember the dot (talk) 03:16, 24 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] in media
The complexity of Matrix management is a theme in the novels of Charles Stross
[edit] References
The excellent Galbraith reference is available for download from the author's website - [[1]] --Kvng (talk) 19:12, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
