#management structures

Organizational Culture Implications on Projects

Project managers have to be able to operate in several, potentially diverse, organizational cultures. First, they have to interact with the culture of their parent organization as well as the subcultures of various departments (e.g., marketing, accounting). Second, they have to interact with the project’s client or customer organizations. Finally, they have to interact in varying degrees with a…

The decision for combining a discussion of project management structures(you can read it here) and organizational culture can be traced to a conversation I had with two project managers who work for a medium-sized IT firm.

They were developing a new operating platform that would be critical to the future success of their company. When they tried to describe how this project was organized, one…

Strengths and weaknesses of the Matrix Organizational Structure. Should you consider a matrix system?

Organizing Projects within the Matrix organizational structure

One of the biggest management innovations to emerge in the past 30 years has been the matrix organizational structure. Matrix management is a hybrid organizational structure in which a horizontal project management structure is “overlaid” on the normal functional hierarchy.

In a matrix system, there are usually two chains of command,…

Different types of organizational structure

Matrix management works, but it sure is difficult at times. All matrix managers must keep up their health and take Stress-Tabs.

—A Project Manager

Organizational structure: Overview

Once management approves a project then the question becomes, how will the project be implemented.

This article examines three different organizational structures used by firms to implement projects: functional…