Matrix organizational structures emerged in the 1970’s as an effort to restructure inefficient organizational structures to support the more efficient project-based management.  Until then, big organizations had tendency to operate in "silos", rational divisions where basically separated groups of workers would report to a line manager or functional manager.
Functional Organizational Structure
Big organizations used [...]

This methodology that is being discussed about picking a project for a particular Kaizen event will apply to many projects as well as improvement objectives.  It is important that some particular items are considered regarding initial kaizen projects.  So, what is different about initial projects?
Initial Kaizen projects are often staffed primarily with people who are [...]

Lots of folks are planning to take training courses to become properly certified not to mention accredited as a Project Management Professional, or PMP. They’re motivated to take up education because of the benefits and advantages that a project management career can give to them.
Apart from the workers themselves, a lot of companies are also [...]

Project Management Methodology
Though project management has traditionally been restricted to specialized professionals in technical fields, times are changing. Modern organizations are now applying the project framework across their workforce. Many of us who previously only had to deal with a relatively simple list of work responsibilities are now having to confront [...]

This post is written for those folks who are newbies to the world of project management. As is the case with many other fields of employ, project management has its share of unique nomenclature and jargon that can confound those who are just getting started in the field of project management.  In [...]

There are three types of organizational structure primarily used in business models today: matrix structure, divisional structure and functional structure. Each of these structures has been noted to have both strong points and weak points. In order to maximize the strong points and minimize the weak points, many companies have adopted [...]

The increased dependence of organizations on project management methodologies for the completion of work that is carried out by teams has called for a differentiation to be brought in between leadership and management. It is really commendable that well-working organizations have realized the fact, processes require management while people need [...]

You can’t escape conflict. Conflict management in organizations is an imperative skill, regardless of what you do or where your place of employment is.  It’s so useful, in fact, you can even get a dispute resolution degree. If you deal with people, you are going to need to manage conflict. In extreme cases, [...]

Among the numerous types of organization management structures, the functional organizational structure finds its place.  An organization needs structure for achieving common goals – the functional model is structured hierarchically with a strong concept of subordination.  Most companies in the modern era rely upon this functional/hierarchical model (cf: Matrix organizational structure ).
In the functional organization, [...]

Project managers (PM) are naturally considered leaders since they claim near total responsibility for their projects. Though they do not manage the resources in some occasions, still they are project leaders. One cannot take both management and  leadership as the same thing. Yukl defines the terms leader, manager and boss to specify people who play [...]