Matrix Management Article: Choose the Type of Matrix Management Your Organization Needs, by Ron Gunn of Strategic Futures

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Choose the Type of Matrix Your Company Needs: One Size Matrix Does Not Fit All! (cont'd)

First of all, it is a matter of conscious executive choice as to which functions shall be matrixed and which shall not. The design decision here refers to defining what is “inside the matrix” and what is “outside.” The options for organizing matrix teams are described in Matrix Immersion Training and these options need to be evaluated by way of their implications for design.

Beyond this choice, however, as the executive you must make the critical decision as to the real purpose and scope of your matrix organization. What are the key benefits that you seek to attain through crosscutting collaboration? What are the unique synergies that should be facilitated and released? What are the interfaces that should be highlighted and bolstered? Are these crosscutting benefits, synergies and interfaces more strategic in nature or are they more tactical, or both?

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