Download or read book Designing Matrix Organizations that Actually Work written by Jay R. Galbraith and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-12-03 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organization structures do not fail, says Jay Galbraith, but management fails at implementing them correctly. This is why, he explains, the idea that the matrix does not work still exists today, even among people who should know better. But the matrix has become a necessary form of organization in today's business environment. Companies now know that if they have multiple product lines, do business in multiple countries, and serve many customer segments through a variety of channels, there is no way they can avoid some kind of a matrix structure and the question most are asking is "How do we learn how to operate the matrix effectively?" In Designing Matrix Organizations That Actually Work, Galbraith answers this and other questions as he shows how to make a matrix work effectively.
Download or read book Making the Matrix Work written by Kevan Hall and published by Nicholas Brealey International. This book was released on 2013-02-07 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gives individuals and managers working in the matrix the tools to take control of their own goals and support others
Download or read book Understanding Matrix Structures and their Alternatives written by William G. Egelhoff and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-03-27 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the use of matrix structures in large, complex organizations such as MNCs. Using an information-processing perspective of organization design, it develops a more comprehensive theory for fitting the structural configurations of matrix structures to key characteristics of firm strategy. Empirical research by the authors supports this theoretical framework. In addition to structural configuration, Understanding Matrix Structures identifies and develops the mode of decision making within a matrix as an important second dimension of matrix structure design. It can be either balanced (joint) decision making by the two dimensions of a matrix or rule-based decision making, where rules pre-assign certain decisions to one dimension or the other for unitary decision making. Recent exploratory research by the authors supports this conceptual framework and provides the potential to create a more flexible matrix structure- one that facilitates a more ambidextrous organization.
Download or read book Master the Matrix written by Susan Z. Finerty and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the experiences and ideas of over 100 matrix practitioners ... the frameworks, ideas and tips provided are shaped around the [seven] ... matrix mastery techniques"--Page 4 of cover
Download or read book The Power of the 2 x 2 Matrix written by Alex Lowy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By studying the work of hundreds of the most original and effective business minds, the authors present a common architecture that illuminates exceptional analysis and creative performance. 2 x 2 Thinking is characterized by a fundamental appreciation for the dynamic and complex nature of business. The best strategists go out of their way to tackle dilemmas rather than merely solve problems. They use opposition, creative tension, iteration and transcendence to get to the heart of issues and involve critical others in finding the best solutions. The authors demonstrate how to apply the 2 x 2 approach to a wide range of important business challenges.
Download or read book The Digital Matrix written by N Venkat Venkatraman and published by Penguin Random House India. This book was released on 2017-05-10 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ambitious digital-driven startups are now creating and cornering new markets in every sector. And yet, most legacy businesses continue to operate by old playbooks. Most are not keeping pace with the changes in their industry, let alone leading the way-what is yours doing? The Digital Matrix will help you understand the three types of players that are shaping the new business landscape; the three phases of transformation that every firm will encounter on its journey to business reinvention; and the three winning moves that will ensure your company's success along the way. With The Digital Matrix, you will: Learn to navigate the world of digital ecosystems. Discover ways of competing and collaborating with other companies to create and capture value. Realize how powerful machines can amplify your company's human talent. Learn to assemble the team to experiment with new ideas, re-examine your core beliefs, and reinvent your business rulebook for the digital future. Your company's future depends on its ability to harness digital technology. Don't wait!
Download or read book Matrix Management Success written by Ronald A. Gunn and published by Infinity Publishing. This book was released on 2010-10-15 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book answers the question for the matrix organization. Matrix management is more than "dotted-line" relationships or "sharing staff." It's about the roles, rules, and tools required for success. This book spells out the design of the matrix organizat
Download or read book The Founder s Mentality written by Chris Zook and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Washington Post Bestseller Three Principles for Managing—and Avoiding—the Problems of Growth Why is profitable growth so hard to achieve and sustain? Most executives manage their companies as if the solution to that problem lies in the external environment: find an attractive market, formulate the right strategy, win new customers. But when Bain & Company’s Chris Zook and James Allen, authors of the bestselling Profit from the Core, researched this question, they found that when companies fail to achieve their growth targets, 90 percent of the time the root causes are internal, not external—increasing distance from the front lines, loss of accountability, proliferating processes and bureaucracy, to name only a few. What’s more, companies experience a set of predictable internal crises, at predictable stages, as they grow. Even for healthy companies, these crises, if not managed properly, stifle the ability to grow further—and can actively lead to decline. The key insight from Zook and Allen’s research is that managing these choke points requires a “founder’s mentality”—behaviors typically embodied by a bold, ambitious founder—to restore speed, focus, and connection to customers: • An insurgent’s clear mission and purpose • An unambiguous owner mindset • A relentless obsession with the front line Based on the authors’ decade-long study of companies in more than forty countries, The Founder’s Mentality demonstrates the strong relationship between these three traits in companies of all kinds—not just start-ups—and their ability to sustain performance. Through rich analysis and inspiring examples, this book shows how any leader—not only a founder—can instill and leverage a founder’s mentality throughout their organization and find lasting, profitable growth.
Download or read book Leading in the Global Matrix written by John Futterknecht and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter the matrix . . . and discover a whole new reality for your organization. In today's global business world, many organizations are shifting away from decentralized, vertical structures—with silo functions such as finance, HR, or operations—to a "matrix" model of cross-functional teams that work across a number of business units. When executed successfully, a matrix structure helps companies thrive in the modern market by better leveraging internal resources, eliminating duplication, spurring innovation, and driving enterprise-wide strategy. However, integrating matrix structures is often a challenge for organizations. John Futterknecht and Marty Seldman, PhD, have worked with some of the world's largest companies—including PepsiCo, Disney, McDonald's, and Microsoft—to investigate and conquer the challenges that arise with these highly integrated organizational structures. Through coaching hundreds of leaders and training thousands for on success in a matrix environment, they have witnessed first-hand which skills and strategies are most critical for matrix success . . . and now they're sharing these breakthrough, field-tested tips with you. Leading in the Global Matrix offers a real-world perspective of working in a matrix while using examples from the authors' actual coaching of business leaders. This book tackles the critical, "unspoken" dimensions that are often underestimated and unaddressed in the global business world, helping readers learn: • specific skills and insights that can help them be successful in the trenches • how to deal with day-to-day realities—which include complexity, pressure, and demand to deliver results with speed • what to do, why it's important, and how to accomplish each task With concrete action plans, readers can implement what they learn in the book into their everyday work lives. Leading in the Global Matrix encapsulates field-tested advice to help individual professionals and their teams unlock their full potential, allowing the matrix to finally deliver on its promise.
Download or read book Managing the Matrix written by Dawn Metcalfe and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-03-07 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to excelling in a complex matrix organization Debra was not in a good mood as she entered Johann’s office for their third meeting. One of her colleagues had just been promoted and, although the guy who got it was good, she didn’t think he was any better than her. Well, except at one thing, he was always playing politics - sucking up to the more senior guys and volunteering to be on any committee going. Debra knew the type - went to the same school, belonged to the same club - she didn’t have a hope against the kind of connections he had so she might as well give up. It seemed doing a good job just wasn’t enough around here. Debra and Johann work in an environment with multiple and complex reporting lines – in other words, a matrix. There’s room to “slip between the cracks” – if a person wants to take advantage of confusion over who is managing performance; or if they can’t make the necessary transition to self-management. Communication can be difficult even when there is an apparently shared language. Read how Johann and Debra work together to identify the skills needed to succeed in a matrix, and how using Emotional Intelligence (EI) can develop specific behaviours you can incorporate in your daily job. The result will help reduce stress and increase your chances of success. Dawn Metcalfe, Managing Director of PDS, based in Dubai, uses her experience as a coach and trainer to give us a behind the curtain look at how mentoring can help an individual develop the skills they need to survive and thrive in today’s complex work environments.
Download or read book Matrix written by Stanley M. Davis and published by Addison Wesley Publishing Company. This book was released on 1977 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph on the matrix model of multiple-command management approaches to top management decentralization - describes features of a command system designed to solve the freedom-order dilemma encountered in all forms of social organization, deals with implications for team work, and includes case studies relating to enterprises in the USA and selected other countries as well as concerning multinational enterprises. Bibliography pp. 233 to 235, diagrams and references.
Download or read book Marketing by Matrix written by Malcolm McDonald and published by N T C Business Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus written by Tim Hindle and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good management is a precious commodity in the corporate world. Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus is a straight-forward manual on the most innovative management ideas and the management gurus who developed them. The earlier edition, Guide to Management Ideas, presented the most significant ideas that continue to underpin business management. This new book builds on those ideas and adds detailed biographies of the people who came up with them-the most influential business thinkers of the past and present. Topics covered include: Active Inertia, Disruptive Technology, Genchi Genbutsu (Japanese for "Go and See for Yourself"), The Halo Effect, The Long Tail, Skunkworks, Tipping Point, Triple Bottom Line, and more. The management gurus covered include: Dale Carnegie, Jim Collins, Stephen Covey, Peter Drucker, Philip Kotler, Michael Porter, Tom Peters, and many others.
Download or read book Leading Outside the Lines written by Jon R. Katzenbach and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An all-new approach to understanding the (in)formal connections of an organization From the bestselling coauthor of the business classic The Wisdom of Teams comes an all-new exploration of the modern workplace, and how leaders and managers must embrace it for success. Katzenbach and Khan examine how two distinct factions together form the bigger picture for how organizations actually work: the more defined "formal" organization of a company-the management structure, performance metrics, and processes-and the "informal"-the culture, social networks, and ad hoc communities that spring up naturally and can accelerate or hinder how the organization works. With dynamic examples from enterprises around the world, this book takes a timeless organizational approach and creates a powerful paradigm-shifting tool set for applying it. Includes self-assessment guidelines for senior leaders, front-line managers, and individual contributors Features organizations in business, government, the nonprofit sector, and academia-including the New York City schools system, Aetna, the Marines, United Nations, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Home Depot, Bell Canada, and the Houston Police Department Leading Outside the Lines illustrates how leaders can make the two distinct factions work together to get the best of both.
Download or read book The BCG Growth Share Matrix Theory and Applications written by 50minutes, and published by 50 Minutes. This book was released on 2015-09-02 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The key to portfolio management! This book is a practical and accessible guide to understanding and implementing the BCG growth-share matrix, providing you with the essential information and saving time. In 50 minutes you will be able to: • Analyze the activities in your business portfolio and identify the role they play in the business as a whole • Sort these activities into the four categories of the matrix: stars, question marks, cash cows and dogs • Identify the future market shares and growth to make sure you invest in the right activities ABOUT 50MINUTES.COM | Management & Marketing 50MINUTES.COM provides the tools to quickly understand the main theories and concepts that shape the economic world of today. Our publications are easy to use and they will save you time. They provide elements of theory and case studies, making them excellent guides to understand key concepts in just a few minutes. In fact, they are the starting point to take action and push your business to the next level.
Download or read book Key MBA Models written by Julian Birkinshaw and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on 2015-03-31 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Marketing Matrix written by Gerard Hastings and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compelling book, Gerard Hastings shines a light on the obsessive marketing techniques that are employed by crack marketing managers worldwide and explains how these not only feed the spectre of ever-growing levels of consumption, but also cause great social, economic and environmental problems. An accessible book which will be of interest across the social sciences and in particular for those marketing students who'd prefer a critical perspective to the standard ritualization of their discipline.
