{"id":20300,"date":"2010-09-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/global2020prd.wpengine.com\/insights\/matrix-management-cutting-the-problem-down-to-size\/"},"modified":"2020-05-11T15:41:59","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T15:41:59","slug":"matrix-management-cutting-the-problem-down-to-size","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/matrix-management-cutting-the-problem-down-to-size\/","title":{"rendered":"Matrix management &#8211; cutting the problem down to size"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many organizations who introduce a matrix management structure have found that there is an initial\u00a0 tendency for the matrix structure to go too far down into the organization. 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