The "Functional-Hierarchic" organization is commonly called the "Matrix" organization. While often over-theorized, the Matrix is an attempt to introduce flexibility into rigid and bureaucratic ...

In many ways, project managers have a tougher role than department or team managers. Even though the project manager’s ultimate goal—a tech rollout, an equipment upgrade—is focused and finite, he or ...

Functional specialists and management generalists are different types of professionals in business, and both types can serve a purpose in an organization. The styles are not necessarily mutually ...