BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Matrix Management
- management based on two or more reporting systems that are linked to the vertical organization hierarchy, and to horizontal relationships based on geographic, product, or project requirements
Additional Resources
- Understanding Matrix Management
- Matrix management is a system based on multiple employee reporting structures. It emphasizes both "vertical" organizational hierarchy and "horizontal" relationships. In other words, any employee within a matrix organization reports upwards to superiors and, based on geographic requirements, may also report sideways to peers. It came about as organizations recognized...
- Articles 2007-04-23
- Matrix Management: Method, Not Magic
- A matrix is something within which something else originates or develops. The relevance of this definition to matrix management is that the matrix matters less than the projects or multidisciplinary processes, which emerge from this approach to organization and management. Matrix management is not a metaphysical experience. Its profundity is...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Agribusiness Management: Matrix Management
- Matrix management refers to an innovative form of a business organization which was originally conceived in the minds of academic theoreticians. After some initial refinement and testing, matrix management was actually applied within a business firm. The theory proved to be useful to the practitioner and within a brief three...
- White papers 2005-06-16
- Matrix management in hospitals: testing theories of matrix structure and development
- Matrix Management in Hospitals: Testing Theories of Matrix Structure and DevelopmentA study of 315 hospitals with matrix management programs was used to test several hypotheses concerning matrix management advanced by earlier theorists. The study verifies that matrix management involves several distinctive elements that can be scaled to form increasingly complex...
- Research articles 1989-09-01
- Matrix Management And Structure
- Matrix management is a technique of managing an organization (or, more commonly, part of an organization) through a series of dual-reporting relationships instead of a more traditional linear management structure. In contrast to most other organizational structures, which arrange managers and employees by function or product, matrix management combines functional...
- White papers 2006-01-01
- Company Announces Cancellation of LOI to Acquire Matrix Management, Inc.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-2 January 2007-Summus Works: Company Announces Cancellation of LOI to Acquire Matrix Management, Inc.C1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:29122006 Denver, CO. - Summus Works, Inc. (Pink Sheets: SMMW) announced that having exceeded the due diligence and initial negotiations period pertinent...
- Research articles 2007-01-02
- Five Not-So-Easy Pieces of Matrix Management
- Any organization confronts a common set of pitfalls and challenges when it seeks matrix management benefits. First, an effective matrix organization cannot be "willed" into place. Implementation efforts of briefing, training, and issues resolution are needed along the following lines: clarify roles and matrix principles and methods, both within and...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- The New Matrix Management - The Future Of Organizational Success
- Matrix management is not a new concept. Since very long time organizations have known that there was a need to find new ways of handling the cross-functional or horizontal needs in a vertically aligned organization. They assumed that in order to get work done you needed authority and control and...
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Matrix Management – The Concept In Brief
- There are many things to consider when implementing a matrix organization or any other philosophy. One must be sure to understand what problems are being solved. Establish metrics and revisit them often to insure attainment of goals, or to determine if goals have changed. Insure there is a business need...
- White papers 2002-01-24
- Business Improvement Architects Shows Matrix Management is Failing With Current Employee Performance Evaluation
- TORONTO -- Recent Global Research Study Shows Most Current Employee Performance Systems Don't Properly Measure Performance in a Matrix Management Environment; Work on Project Teams Goes Unmeasured and This is Contributing to Project Failure Most people now work in a matrix management environment where they are required to work...
- Research articles 2006-04-10
- Matrix Management Solutions Finds ASP Success With NCD Thinfrastructure
- Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 13, 2001 Network Computing Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq:NCDI), a leading supplier of thin client information access and management products, today announced that Matrix Management Solutions, an Ohio-based company that provides ASP services to doctors' offices, has significantly grown its business with the...
- Research articles 2001-03-13
- Matrix Management
- "As with any philosophy, management or otherwise, specific definitions are difficult to find. And even when a "common" definition is agreed upon, the interpretation of how it is to be implemented often varies widely. That being said, here I am trying to simplify the concept of a...
- White papers 2002-01-24
- System And Method For Improved Matrix Management Of Personnel Planning Factors
- A system and method for improved matrix management of personnel planning factors is provided. In modern organizations using matrix management, one employee may be managed by several managers. Each employee has an employee profile data area that is used to store planning data and actual data corresponding to the employee....
- White papers 2006-07-25
- Matrix management: recipe for chaos? When it works, it works well. When it doesn't, it's a fast track to disaster. The strengths of the model appeal to many corporations today, but not all are suited for a matrix structure. (Organization Management)
- THE MENTION OF ITS NAME can stir a gamut of reactions. Supporters call it invaluable, a critical component to the success of their organization. Detractors rail against it as the worst idea ever devised, one that has cost businesses untold amounts in lost productivity. In reality, it may...
- Research articles 2002-06-22
- Business Improvement Architects Shows Matrix Management is Failing With Current Employee Performance Evaluation.
- TORONTO, Apr 10, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- Recent Global Research Study Shows Most Current Employee Performance Systems Don't Properly Measure Performance in a Matrix Management Environment; Work on Project Teams Goes Unmeasured and This is Contributing to Project Failure Most people now...
- Research articles 2006-04-10
- Matrix Management Part III
- Matrix management involves two chains of command: one permanent, and the other transitory. The roll out team may be one column of a management group made up of one company across several divisions, or several small companies partnering to solve a clients need. The column permanent chain forms the structure...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Shifting Matrix Management: A Model For Multi-Agent Cooperation
- Shifting Matrix Management SMM is a model of agent coordination inspired by Mintzberg's model of organizational structures. Mintzberg's model permits many temporary lines of authority, reflecting the multiple and shifting functions of a flexible workforce. In order to apply these ideas to agent cooperation, a six-stage framework has been devised....
- White papers 2003-08-22
- Unisys to form three distinct businesses and dismantle matrix management structure
- BLUE BELL, Pa.--BUSINESS WIRE--Oct. 6, 1995--In a move expected to significantly step-up profit and revenue growth next year, James A. Unruh, chairman and chief executive officer of Unisys Corp., said Friday that Unisys will form three distinct businesses, each with its own sales force, and will dismantle its highly interdependent...
- Research articles 1995-10-06
- Maximizing the Project Throughput of an Organization Using Total Matrix Management
- The problem with matrix-based operations is that historically, there has been a complete lack of a strategy to manage the matrix as a unit. Instead the management process which has been pushed and emphasized is classic Project Management. This white paper discusses a management technology which manages the matrix as...
- White papers 2006-07-10
- Learning In The Matrix World
- In order for the matrix to be successful the new management technology - New matrix management needs to be put in place. With the new matrix management the authors implemented seven elements that position the organization to operate effectively and create the catalyst that shifts the organizational culture from one...
- White papers 2008-01-01
