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Organization: Structure and Culture
Multiple Choice Questions
C n selecting a &anage&ent structure the culture o) the
C n selecting a &anage&ent structure the culture o) the organization is not a organization is not a hugehugeconsideration
" ,he pro-ect itsel) should be considered *hen deter&ining *hich structure is best
B Balanced Balanced &atrix&atrix
C (ea# (ea# &atrix&atrix
" Strong Strong &atrix&atrix
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C (ea# (ea# &atrix&atrix
" Strong Strong &atrix&atrix
A %axi&u& %axi&u& exibilitexibility y in in the the use use o) o) sta; sta;
B <ood <ood integration integration across across )unctional )unctional unitsunits
C Shorter Shorter pro-ect pro-ect durationduration
" Strong Strong &oti/ation &oti/ation o) o) pro-ect pro-ect tea& tea& &e&bers&e&bers
$ 5onger 5onger pro-ect pro-ect durationduration
=
= (hic(hich o) the )olloh o) the )ollo*ing is a di*ing is a disad/asad/antage o) )untage o) )unctinctional pronal pro-eco-ect &anaget &anage&ent&ent
organization
A 5ac# 5ac# o) o) &oti/ation &oti/ation o) o) pro-ect pro-ect tea& tea& &e&bers&e&bers
B 5onger 5onger pro-ect pro-ect durationduration
C 5ac# 5ac# o) o) )ocus )ocus on on the the pro-ectpro-ect
" Poor Poor integrationintegration
B 5onger 5onger pro-ect pro-ect durationduration
C Poor Poor integratiintegrationon
" igh igh co&plexityco&plexity
$ 5ac# 5ac# o) o) )ocus )ocus on on the the pro-ectpro-ect
B Balanced Balanced &atrix&atrix
C (ea# (ea# &atrix&atrix
" Strong Strong &atrix&atrix
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C (ea# (ea# &atrix&atrix
" Strong Strong &atrix&atrix
A %axi&u& %axi&u& exibilitexibility y in in the the use use o) o) sta; sta;
B <ood <ood integration integration across across )unctional )unctional unitsunits
C Shorter Shorter pro-ect pro-ect durationduration
" Strong Strong &oti/ation &oti/ation o) o) pro-ect pro-ect tea& tea& &e&bers&e&bers
$ 5onger 5onger pro-ect pro-ect durationduration
=
= (hic(hich o) the )olloh o) the )ollo*ing is a di*ing is a disad/asad/antage o) )untage o) )unctinctional pronal pro-eco-ect &anaget &anage&ent&ent
organization
A 5ac# 5ac# o) o) &oti/ation &oti/ation o) o) pro-ect pro-ect tea& tea& &e&bers&e&bers
B 5onger 5onger pro-ect pro-ect durationduration
C 5ac# 5ac# o) o) )ocus )ocus on on the the pro-ectpro-ect
" Poor Poor integrationintegration
B 5onger 5onger pro-ect pro-ect durationduration
C Poor Poor integratiintegrationon
" igh igh co&plexityco&plexity
$ 5ac# 5ac# o) o) )ocus )ocus on on the the pro-ectpro-ect
B Balanced Balanced &atrix&atrix
C (ea# (ea# &atrix&atrix
" Strong Strong &atrix&atrix
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A Strong Strong &atrix &atrix and and balanced balanced &atrix&atrix
B 8unctional 8unctional and and pro-ectizedpro-ectized
C Pro-ectized Pro-ectized and and balanced balanced &atrix&atrix
" Pro-ecPro-ectized tized and and strong strong &atrix&atrix
$ Strong Strong &atrix &atrix and and )unctional)unctional
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11 %egaCo&puters nc. has assi%egaCo&puters nc. has assigned a pro-ect &anager )or each o) the 4/e ne*@prgned a pro-ect &anager )or each o) the 4/e ne*@productoducttea&s ,he &anagers as *ell as the pro-ect tea& &e&bers *or# on the pro-ects on
a )ull@ti&e basis ,he
a )ull@ti&e basis ,he structurstructure being used e being used is 77777777 organization.is 77777777 organization
B Balanced Balanced &atrix&atrix
C (ea# (ea# &atrix&atrix
" Strong Strong &atrix&atrix
1'
1' All o) the )ollo*ing are organizational considerations *hen deterAll o) the )ollo*ing are organizational considerations *hen deter&ining the right&ining the right
pro-ect &anage&ent structure $2C$P,
A
A o* i&portant pro* i&portant pro-ect &anage&ent is to the suo-ect &anage&ent is to the success o) the organiccess o) the organizationzation
B (hat (hat percentage percentage o) o) core core *or# *or# in/ol/es in/ol/es pro-ectspro-ects
C !esource !esource a/ailabia/ailabilitylity
" Assess current practices and deter&ine any changes that are needed to &ore
e;ecti/ely &anage pro-ects
$ Budget Budget constraintsconstraints
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13 $lizabeth is considering ho* to structure a pro-ect tea& that *ill not directly disrupt$lizabeth is considering ho* to structure a pro-ect tea& that *ill not directly disruptongoing operations ,he pro-ect needs to be done uic#ly and a
ongoing operations ,he pro-ect needs to be done uic#ly and a high le/el o)high le/el o)
&oti/ation *ill be needed in order to do that
&oti/ation *ill be needed in order to do that 8or this situation the 7777778or this situation the 777777
organization *ould be the best choice
B Balanced Balanced &atrix&atrix
C (ea# (ea# &atrix&atrix
" Strong Strong &atrix&atrix
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o) pro-ect &anage&ent structurstructuree
A ,he ,he size size o) o) the the pro-ectpro-ect
B ,he ,he no/elty no/elty o) o) the the pro-ectpro-ect
C Budget Budget and and ti&e ti&e constraintsconstraints
" ,he ,he strategic strategic i&portance i&portance o) o) the the pro-ectpro-ect
$ All
$ All o) these are )actors that should inuence the choice o) o) these are )actors that should inuence the choice o) pro-ect &anage&entpro-ect &anage&entstructure
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19 (hich are the thre(hich are the three di;erent &atrix syste di;erent &atrix syste&s discussed in the texte&s discussed in the text
A 8unctional 8unctional (ea# (ea# StrongStrong
B Balanced Balanced 8unctional 8unctional Pro-ectizedPro-ectized
C (ea# (ea# Strong Strong BalancedBalanced
" +eutral +eutral (ea# (ea# StrongStrong
$ 8unctional 8unctional +eutral +eutral Pro-ectizedPro-ectized
B t is designed to opti&ally utilize resources by ha/ing indi/iduals *or# on
B t is designed to opti&ally utilize resources by ha/ing indi/iduals *or# on &ultiple&ultiplepro-ects as *ell as being
pro-ects as *ell as being capable o) per)or&ing nor&al )unctional dutiescapable o) per)or&ing nor&al )unctional duties
C ,here ,here are are usually usually t*o t*o chains chains o) o) co&&andco&&and
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&anagers
A (ea# &atrix(ea# &atrix
B Balanced Balanced &atrix&atrix
C Strong Strong &atrix&atrix
$ +eutral &atrix+eutral &atrix
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1? All o) the )ollo*ing are )unctions culAll o) the )ollo*ing are )unctions culture plays in an organization $2ture plays in an organization $2C$P,C$P,
A t t pro/ides pro/ides a a sense sense o) o) identity.identity
B t t helps helps legiti&ize legiti&ize the the &anage&ent &anage&ent syste&.syste&
C
C t t replaces replaces the the need need )or )or a a pro-ect pro-ect selection prselection process.ocess
" t t helps helps create create social social orderorder
$ t t clari4es clari4es and and rein)orces rein)orces standards standards o) o) beha/ior.beha/ior
'0
'0 o* does so&eone learn &oro* does so&eone learn &ore about an organizationDs culturee about an organizationDs culture
A !ead !ead about about the the organizatiorganizationon
B nterpret nterpret stories stories about about the the organizationorganization
B ,he ,he culture culture o) o) go/ern&ent go/ern&ent and and regulatory regulatory agenciesagencies
C ,he ,he culture culture o) o) /endors /endors and and subcontractorssubcontractors
" ,he ,he culture culture o) o) the the pro-ectDs pro-ectDs custo&er custo&er or or clientclient
A 8unctional 8unctional organizatorganizationion
B Balanced Balanced &atrix&atrix
C "edicated "edicated pro-ect pro-ect tea&tea&
" Strong Strong &atrix&atrix
$ (ea# &atrix(ea# &atrix
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Trang 7'3 8ro& the list belo* *hich is +O, a pri&ary characteristic o) organizational culture
$ All o) these are )actors in identi)ying cultural characteristics
'9 (ho is responsible )or deter&ining ho* tas#s *ill be done in a *ea# &atrix pro-ect
&anage&ent structure
A ,he )unctional &anager
B ,he pro-ect &anager
C Both the )unctional &anager and the pro-ect &anager are responsible
" ,here is no rule established )or *ho ta#es responsibility
' (hich o) the )ollo*ing cultural characteristics relates to the degree to *hich
e&ployees identi)y *ith the organization as a *hole rather than *ith their type o) -ob
or 4eld o) pro)essional expertise
Trang 8'> (hich o) the )ollo*ing cultural characteristic relates to the degree to *hich rulespolicies and direct super/ision are used to o/ersee and control e&ployee beha/ior
'? (hich o) the )ollo*ing cultural characteristics relates to the degree to *hich groups
*ithin the organization are encouraged to operate in a coordinated or independent
30 (hich o) the )ollo*ing cultural characteristics relates to the degree to *hich
&anage&ent )ocuses on outco&es rather than on techniues and processes used toachie/e those outco&es
Fill in the Blank Questions
31 ,he personality o) an organization is a si&ple explanation o) 77777777777
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3' ,he approach to pro-ect &anage&ent that uses the existing hierarchy o) the
organization to &anage pro-ects is 77777777777 organization
Trang 936 ,*o o) the &a-or disad/antages o) the 77777777 organizational approach are thatpro-ects &ay lac# )ocus and it can ta#e longer to co&plete pro-ects.
3> n aGnH 77777777 syste& there are usually t*o chains o) co&&and one along
)unctional lines and the other along pro-ect lines
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3? ,he 77777777 structure is designed to opti&ally utilize resources by ha/ing indi/iduals
*or# on &ultiple pro-ects as *ell as being capable o) per)or&ing nor&al )unctionalduties
63 ,he 77777777 &atrix )or& o) pro-ect organization is li#ely to enhance pro-ect
integration di&inish internal po*er struggles and ulti&ately i&pro/e control o)pro-ect acti/ities and costs
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Trang 1066 ,he 77777777 &atrix )or& o) pro-ect organization is li#ely to i&pro/e technical uality
as *ell as pro/ide a better syste& )or &anaging conict across pro-ects because the)unctional &anager assigns personnel to di;erent pro-ects
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69 ,he 77777777 &atrix )or& o) pro-ect organization can achie/e better euilibriu&
bet*een technical and pro-ect reuire&ents but it is a /ery delicate syste& to createand &anage
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6 77777777 pro-ect tea&s should be used )or urgent pro-ects in *hich the nature o) the
*or# reuires people *or#ing steadily )ro& beginning to end
6? Organization 77777777 re)ers to a syste& o) shared nor&s belie)s /alues and
assu&ptions *hich bind people together thereby creating shared &eanings
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90 ,he &ore autono&y and authority the pro-ect &anager and pro-ect tea& need to besuccess)ul the &ore appropriate a dedicated pro-ect tea& or aGnH 77777777 &atrixstructure is to &anage the pro-ect
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91 (hen &ost o) the pro-ect *or# can be done *ithin a speci4ed depart&ent and anycoordination *ith other depart&ents can be done easily through nor&al &anage&entchannels 77777777777 organization is &ost appropriate
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9' ,he cultural characteristic that re)ers to the degree to *hich re*ards such as
pro&otion and salary increases are allocated according to e&ployee per)or&ancerather than seniority )a/oritis& or other nonper)or&ance )actors is #no*n as
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93 ,he cultural characteristic that re)ers to the degree to *hich e&ployees are
encouraged to air conicts and criticis&s openly is #no*n as 77777777777
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Trang 1196 ,he cultural characteristic that re)ers to the degree to *hich the organization
&onitors and responds to changes in the external en/iron&ent is #no*n as
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99 ,he cultural characteristic that re)ers to the degree to *hich e&ployees are
encouraged to be aggressi/e inno/ati/e and ris# see#ing is #no*n as 7777777777777
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True / False Questions
9 (hile organization culture is i&portant to the o/erall )unction o) an organization ithas &inor inuence on its pro-ect &anage&ent
,rue 8alse
9? ,he &atrix )or& o) pro-ect &anage&ent structure is a good choice *hen resourceusage needs to be opti&ized by ha/ing indi/iduals *or# on &ultiple pro-ects *hile stillper)or&ing )unctional duties
,rue 8alse
0 A disad/antage o) using the )unctional )or& o) pro-ect &anage&ent structure is thatpro-ects generally ta#e longer to co&plete
,rue 8alse
1 ,he )unctional pro-ect tea& is usually physically separated )ro& the parent
organization and gi/en the pri&ary directi/e o) acco&plishing the ob-ecti/es o) thepro-ect
Trang 123 ,he pro-ectized )or& o) pro-ect &anage&ent structure is a good choice *hen speed o) co&pletion is i&portant and the pro-ect needs to be i&ple&ented *ithout directlydisrupting ongoing operations.
,rue 8alse
6 One o) the &a-or disad/antages o) the pro-ectized )or& o) pro-ect &anage&ent
structure is that it tends to be &ore expensi/e than other )or&s o) organization
> (hen deter&ining the &ost appropriate pro-ect &anage&ent structure
considerations need to be &ade at the organizational le/el and at the pro-ect le/el. ,rue 8alse
? <enerally the &ore autono&y and authority the pro-ect &anager and the pro-ecttea& need to be success)ul the &ore appropriate to i&ple&ent either a dedicatedpro-ect tea& or a strong pro-ect &anage&ent structure
,rue 8alse
=0 As discussed in the text the three )or&s o) &atrix pro-ect &anage&ent are *ea#
&ixed and strong
,rue 8alse
=1 (ithin a &atrix pro-ect &anage&ent structure the extent to *hich the pro-ect
&anager has direct authority o/er pro-ect participants depends on *hether the &atrix
is *ea# balanced or strong
Trang 13=3 ,he &atrix )or& o) pro-ect &anage&ent is notable )or the tension it creates bet*een)unctional &anagers and pro-ect &anagers *ho both bring critical expertise andperspecti/es to the pro-ect.
= Organizational culture re)ers to a syste& o) shared nor&s belie)s /alues and
assu&ptions *hich bind people together
,rue 8alse
== Fnit integration is the cultural characteristic that re)ers to the degree to *hich units
*ithin the organization are encouraged to operate in a coordinated or independent
=? Certain aspects o) the culture o) an organization support success)ul pro-ect
&anage&ent *hile other aspects deter or inter)ere *ith e;ecti/e &anage&ent. ,rue 8alse
Short Answer Questions
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>1 (hat is &ore i&portant )or pro-ect success the )or&al pro-ect &anage&ent structure
or the culture o) the parent organization
>' denti)y and briey describe at least t*o ad/antages and t*o disad/antages o)
organizing pro-ects *ithin the )unctional organization
>3 denti)y and briey describe at least t*o ad/antages and t*o disad/antages o)
organizing pro-ect tea&s as dedicated pro-ect tea&s
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>9 denti)y and briey describe the three )or&s o) organizing pro-ects using the &atrix
&anage&ent approach
> Co&pare and contrast the ad/antages and disad/antage o) a *ea# pro-ect
&anage&ent structure and a strong pro-ect &anage&ent structure
>= denti)y and briey describe three o) the 10 pri&ary characteristics o) organizationculture
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rein)orcing standards o) beha/ior is one o) these $xplain and pro/ide an exa&ple
>? "escribe the di;erence bet*een a strong or thic# culture and a thin or *ea#culture
?0 Briey describe t*o *ays to diagnose the culture o) an organization and gi/e anexa&ple o) each
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Multiple Choice Questions
1 Organizational culture is best explained as organizational
Level o% &i'c$lty: ( )asy
' (hich o) the )ollo*ing is +O, true o) pro-ect &anage&ent structures
A ,hey pro/ide a )ra&e*or# )or launching and i&ple&enting pro-ects
B ,hey appropriately balance the needs o) both the parent organization and thepro-ect
C. n selecting a &anage&ent structure the culture o) the organization is not ahuge consideration
" ,he pro-ect itsel) should be considered *hen deter&ining *hich structure is
best
$ ,hey help deter&ine *ho has &ost authority in regard to &anaging the pro-ect
(hen deter&ining *hich pro-ect &anage&ent structure is &ost appropriate
organizational culture should be considered ,here are o)ten large di;erences inho* pro-ects are &anaged *ithin certain 4r&s e/en *ith si&ilar structures
!esearchers attribute this to organizational culture
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"ys)unctional conict in4ghting stress)ul situations and longer pro-ect durationare all disad/antages o) organizing pro-ects *ithin a &atrix arrange&ent igh cost
is a disad/antage o) dedicated pro-ect tea&s
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6 ,he structure that &anages pro-ects *ithin the existing organizational structure is
)unctional units *ith each unit responsible )or co&pleting its seg&ent o) the
pro-ect
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Trang 199 Bill is *or#ing on a pro-ect in/ol/ing the upgrading o) a &anage&ent in)or&ation
syste& ,he pro-ect is being &anaged by the in)or&ation syste&s depart&ent *iththe coordination o) other depart&ents occurring through nor&al channels e is
to the respecti/e )unctional units *ith each unit responsible )or co&pleting its
seg&ent o) the pro-ect
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(hich o) the )ollo*ing is an ad/antage o) a )unctional pro-ect &anage&ent
organization
A. %axi&u& exibility in the use o) sta;
B <ood integration across )unctional units
" Strong &oti/ation o) pro-ect tea& &e&bers
,here is &axi&u& exibility in the use o) sta; Appropriate specialists in di;erent)unctional units can te&porarily be assigned to *or# on the pro-ect and then return
to their nor&al *or#
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Trang 20= (hich o) the )ollo*ing is a disad/antage o) )unctional pro-ect &anage&ent
organization
A 5ac# o) &oti/ation o) pro-ect tea& &e&bers
C 5ac# o) )ocus on the pro-ect
E. All o) these are disad/antages o) )unctional pro-ect &anage&ent organization
"isad/antages o) )unctional pro-ect &anage&ent organization are lac# o) )ocus onthe pro-ect poor integration across )unctional units longer pro-ect duration due toslo* response ti&e and lac# o) o*nership
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> (hich o) the )ollo*ing is a disad/antage o) a pro-ectized organization
" igh co&plexity
$ 5ac# o) )ocus on the pro-ect
"isad/antages o) organizing pro-ects as dedicated pro-ect tea&s are that it is
expensi/e internal stri)e can occur li&ited technological expertise and diIcultpost@pro-ect transition
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Trang 21? A pro-ect tea& that operates *ith a )ull@ti&e pro-ect &anager as a separate unit
)ro& the rest o) the organization is structured using 77777777 organization
Level o% &i'c$lty: ( )asy
10 (hich o) the )ollo*ing co&binations represents the extre&es o) pro-ect
organization
A Strong &atrix and balanced &atrix
B. 8unctional and pro-ectized
C Pro-ectized and balanced &atrix
" Pro-ectized and strong &atrix
$ Strong &atrix and )unctional
,he )unctional organization is also co&&only used *hen gi/en the nature o) thepro-ect one )unctional area plays a do&inant role in co&pleting the pro-ect or has
a do&inant interest in the success o) the pro-ect At the other end o) the structuralspectru& is the creation o) dedicated pro-ect tea&s ,hese tea&s operate as
separate units )ro& the rest o) the parent organization
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Trang 2211 %egaCo&puters nc. has assigned a pro-ect &anager )or each o) the 4/e ne*@
product tea&s ,he &anagers as *ell as the pro-ect tea& &e&bers *or# on thepro-ects on a )ull@ti&e basis ,he structure being used is 77777777 organization
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1' All o) the )ollo*ing are organizational considerations *hen deter&ining the right
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A o* i&portant pro-ect &anage&ent is to the success o) the organization
B (hat percentage o) core *or# in/ol/es pro-ects
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ongoing operations ,he pro-ect needs to be done uic#ly and a high le/el o)
&oti/ation *ill be needed in order to do that 8or this situation the 777777
organization *ould be the best choice
n &any cases the pro-ect tea& approach is the opti&u& ap proach )or co&pleting
a pro-ect *hen you /ie* it solely )ro& the standpoint o) *hat is best )or co&pletingthe pro-ect
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16 At the pro-ect le/el *hich o) the )ollo*ing is a )actor that should inuence the
choice o) pro-ect &anage&ent structure
C Budget and ti&e constraints
" ,he strategic i&portance o) the pro-ect
E. All o) these are )actors that should inuence the choice o) pro-ect &anage&entstructure
At the pro-ect le/el se/en )actors should inuence the choice o) pro-ect
&anage&ent structure ,hey are the size o) the pro-ect the strategic i&portancethe no/elty and need )or inno/ation the need )or integration the en/iron&entalco&plexity or the nu&ber o) external inter)aces budget and ti&e constraints andthe stability o) resource reuire&ents
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B Balanced 8unctional Pro-ectized
" +eutral (ea# Strong
$ 8unctional +eutral Pro-ectized
n practice there are really di;erent #inds o) syste&s depending on the relati/eauthority o) the pro-ect and )unctional &anagers ,he text discusses the *ea#
&atrix the balanced &atrix and the strong &atrix
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structure is o/erlaid in the nor&al )unctional hierarchy
%atrix &anage&ent is a hybrid organizational )or& in *hich a horizontal pro-ect
&anage&ent structure is o/erlaid on the nor&al )unctional hierarchy
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arrange&ent
A. ts exibility supports a strong pro-ect )ocus that helps alle/iate stress a&ongpro-ect tea& &e&bers
B t is designed to opti&ally utilize resources by ha/ing indi/iduals *or# on
&ultiple pro-ects as *ell as being capable o) per)or&ing nor&al )unctional duties
C ,here are usually t*o chains o) co&&and
" Pro/ides a dual )ocus bet*een )unctionaltechnical expertise and pro-ect
reuire&ents that is &issing in either the pro-ect tea& or the )unctional
approach
$ t is a hybrid )or& o) organization that co&bines characteristics o) both
dedicated pro-ect tea&s and )unctional organization
t is true that a &atrix arrange&ent supports a stronger pro-ect )ocusK ho*e/erthis arrange&ent is also /ery stress)ul )or tea& &e&bers due to the )act that theyare reporting to t*o &anagers
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1> n *hich o) the )ollo*ing is the balance o) authority strongly in )a/or o) the
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