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gaberuiz13 replied to the topic Discussion Topic: Your organizational type in the forum Organizational Development in Device Companies 7 years ago
I have never worked as part as one of these teams; however, with that being said, I am torn between wanting to work with either a project-based organization or matrix organization. In project-based organization, there is no “silos of departmental information” in the sense that all the information for a project is shared transparently between departments. In addition, project teams get to know each other fairly personally and usually run well as result as well as having the advantage of using the knowledge acquired from a past project in a potential new project. The disadvantages of this are that projects will have multiple project teams and various “toxic cultures” can form between different project teams that can hinder the project due to non-compliance between project teams. Matrix Organization is practically the same idea only that the managerial powers may have significantly less power than they do in a project-based organization. This leads to no “informational silos” between departments and project teams and allows for good use of resources. The only real disadvantages in this type of organization is that the project teams will have two (or more) bosses simultaneously and there is a lot more negotiating between use of resources and scheduling. Overall, if I was not an organization head I would choose to work for a matrix-organization; however, if I was to be a head I would probably lean more to the project-based organization.