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.

Tweaked software reference. powerpoint is drawing software, not charting software, and so doesn't "support matrix structures" so much as it allows you to draw a dotted line. More dedicated solutions like Visio, OrgPlus, Nakisa etc are more relevant here. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.219.179.76 (talk) 23:11, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

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.

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)

in media

The complexity of Matrix management is a theme in the novels of Charles Stross

References

The excellent Galbraith reference is available for download from the author's website - [[1]] --Kvng (talk) 19:12, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Invention

The article mentions the invention of matrix management in its description of difficulties with matrix management, but fails to give the actuall history of the invention of matrix management. Perhaps it was never invented, but always existed and there was a point in time when it was finally named. Can someone please provide information on the invention of matrix management, or remove the reference to its invention. Thanks. 99.149.110.124 (talk) 02:54, 27 February 2009 (UTC) Sandy

Agile

I'm curious how Agile/Scrum might be mentioned on this page, as it is an excellent example of modern matrix management being highly successful in software development environments. 69.25.45.6 (talk) 20:36, 21 March 2014 (UTC)