Designing Matrix Organizations that Actually Work
How IBM, Proctor & Gamble and Others Design for Success
Chapter One
SIMPLE MATRIX STRUCTURES
In this first chapter, we focus on the two-dimensional matrix
structure. This two-dimensional model was the first to appear
and is still a frequently occurring structure. In its first appearance,
the two-dimensional model was not even called a matrix. It was
referred to as the line-and-staff model. But as the model was used
in aerospace in the 1960s and in R&D labs in the 1970s, the
term matrix was applied. The term has been used for all two-dimensional
models ever since. We begin our discussion with a
number of different applications.
Two-Dimensional Structures
The two-dimensional structure arises frequently in all organizations.
We have already seen one example of an R&D lab in
Figure I.1 in the Introduction. In the next section, we discuss
the typical corporate function-profit center matrix that is common
to all corporate centers. Despite a long history, this applic ... read full excerpt from Designing Matrix Organizations that Actually Work: How IBM, Proctor and Gamble and Others Design for Success ebook
