The matrix organizational structure divides authority both by functional area and by project. In a matrix structure, each employee answers to two immediate supervisors: a functional supervisor and ...

Project managers in a matrix organization have the ability to pull project teams together from across the entire employee population, thus pooling specialized knowledge and experience.

A matrix organization is one that crosses organizational boundaries. Thus, team members may come from various departments. If managing the rollout of a new CMS, for example, the project manager will ...

Thus, as a leader in a matrix organization: • Lead with purpose, focusing your own and others’ efforts on the overall shared mission, vision, objectives and goals in line with your strategies ...

Much the way Ford put the assembly line to work building cars, we used it to get the three projects done simultaneously by focusing the efforts of project members on the pieces of the project that ...