Opravy

What is a challenge to reporting to more than one manager in a matrix organization?

What might be a benefit?

The main challenge of an employee to reporting to more than one manager in a matrix organization because there is a potential for conflicting management directives.

For example, it is useful for a UI designer to understand what programmers are able and not able to do in order to bring his/her ideas to life.

The advantages of being employed by a boundary-less organization is a great opportunity for growth, especially for team players.

For example, in self-managing team employees usually coordinate their efforts and change their own roles, they can collaborate across organization and external environment which helps the organization to be more responsive to changing market opportunities.

The disadvantages of being employed by a boundary-less organization are poor communication in the organization which can cause misunderstanding and time waste, lack of control which is caused by a lack of authority and leadership.

The greatest benefits are efficiency gains, increased productivity, increased profit, as well as decreased employee turnover, as employee satisfaction levels rise and loyalty and commitment are increased, and creating a culture of inquiry, adaptive capacity, and knowledge sharing.

Someday I would like to work for a company with a matrix organizational design.

This type of organization is more preferable for me because I like the fact that in such companies there is the prospect of rather rapid career growth and mobility in the choice of a field of specialization.

I am attracted by collaboration between different departments in companies with such an organizational design.

It is also important for me to work in a team which is a trait of the matrix structure as well.

I also want to work for a company with the attributes of a learning organization.

It is important for me to be a part of an organization that constantly strives for development and keeps pace with the times.

In this kind of organization will get constant feedback about my job performance which helps me to improve my skills and knowledge faster than it might be in a company without the attributes of a learning organization.

The matrix structure of the organization is used in almost all IT companies.

Such companies are also most often learning organizations and I would like to work for one of them in the future.