I am not a command-and-control leader. Though the hierarchical pyramid works for some, I prefer a framework that invites collaboration, flexibility and balance. This structure radiates decision-making ...

The differences between a matrix organization and a decentralized organization arise from their respective organizational structures. A matrix organization uses the matrix structure, so-named because ...

Matrix management came about as organizations recognized that, in an increasingly complex business world, they needed to provide balance between the key drivers of their business and find a more ...

HR might not always get to pick the company’s global structure, but they’re definitely the ones dealing with the day-to-day impact. Whether it’s a centralized, decentralized, or matrix structure, it’s ...

Matrix management is a structure for running those companies that have both a diversity of products and a diversity of markets. In a matrix structure, responsibility for the products goes up and down ...

Not long ago, a global consumer products firm based in Europe found itself hobbled by its traditional organizational culture. It had fiercely independent product development and marketing divisions, ...

PHILIPS, a Dutch electrical giant, was one of the earliest champions of the matrix structure. After the second world war it set up both national organisations and product divisions. The boss of the ...

Matrix and divisional organizational structures are types of business models that are not traditional. Groups of specialists and departments are organized around a project or service type and these ...