Beyond the Matrix Organization [Archive.org URL]

Kevan Hall offers a rebuttal to Tom Peters’ 1979 McKinsey Quarterly article, “Beyond the Matrix Organization.”

Editor’s Note: about what you might expect from a “trainer in matrix management.” I am curious (doubtful) about his assertions that “over 90% of the world’s top organizations use this organization form” and, while he makes some good points about what has changed since the original article, those changes don’t by themselves automatically bolster the value or effectiveness of a matrix structure. I would like to read more concrete research-based analyses of its effectiveness (or lack thereof) relative to other forms in today’s organizations.

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