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Chapter 3
Organization: Structure and Culture
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Functional Organizations
FIGURE 3.1
1. Advantages 1. Disadvantages
No Structural Lack of Focus
Change
Poor Integration
Flexibility
Slow
In-Depth Expertise
Lack of Ownership
Easy Post-Project
Transition
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FIGURE 3.2
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FIGURE 3.3
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FIGURE 3.4
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What has to be done? Who will do the task? How will it be done?
When should the task be done? Where will the task be done?
How much money is available to Why will the task be done? How will the project involvement
do the task? impact normal functional activities?
How well has the total project Is the task satisfactorily How well has the functional
been done? completed? input been integrated?
TABLE 3.1
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Project
Manager
Authority
Low
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1. Advantages 1. Disadvantages
Efficient Dysfunctional
Conflict
Strong Project
Focus Infighting
Easier Post-Project Stressful
Transition
Slow
Flexible
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FIGURE 3.5
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1. Advantages 1. Disadvantages
Cost Reduction Coordination of
Breakdowns
High Level of
Expertise Loss of Control
Flexible Conflict
Source: Larson, E. W., and Gobeli, D. H., “Matrix Management: Contradictions and FIGURE 3.6
Insights,” California Management Review, vol. 29, no. 4 (Summer 1987), p. 137.
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1. Project Considerations
Size of project
Strategic importance
Novelty and need for innovation
Need for integration (number of departments involved)
Environmental complexity (number of external interfaces)
Budget and time constraints
Stability of resource requirements
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Project-oriented
Pure Functional Function-oriented (strong) Pure project
Structure (weak)
Structure
Structure
(One from the department
... (Project team supported
structure
0 1 5 90 99 100
Mixed Technologies
Not a special organization Fast response needed
Sharing data ;sharing Cost saving Many technologies
resources Complicated
Few technologies Resources limited, unstable
Not complicated
Organizational Culture
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FIGURE 3.7
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FIGURE 3.8
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FIGURE 3.9
Key Terms
Balanced matrix
Dedicated project team
Strong matrix
Matrix
Organizational culture
Weak matrix
Projectitis
Projectized organization
Network organization
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FIGURE C3.1
FIGURE C3.2
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FIGURE C3.3
FIGURE C3.4
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FIGURE A3.1
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