{"id":20305,"date":"2010-10-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/global2020prd.wpengine.com\/insights\/the-matrix-is-dead-long-live-the-matrix\/"},"modified":"2020-03-21T08:30:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T08:30:14","slug":"the-matrix-is-dead-long-live-the-matrix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/the-matrix-is-dead-long-live-the-matrix\/","title":{"rendered":"The matrix is dead \u2013 long live the matrix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_727\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-727\" style=\"width: 120px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kevan-hall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-727\" title=\"kevan-hall\" src=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/kevan-hall.jpg\" alt=\"Kevan Hall, CEO Global Integration\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevan Hall, CEO Global Integration<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By Kevan Hall, CEO, Global Integration<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>I was asked a question yesterday: there\u2019s a lot of information online suggesting that the matrix is dead. Is it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Most of those kinds of articles refer to the 1970\u2019s academic work on the matrix, which was<span> <\/span>mainly dealing with complex project management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Today, the matrix is the organizational structure of choice for most large complex organizations, even if some are even in denial about having one!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Any company with multiple offices and\/or an international presence has a matrixed way of working, unless they\u2019re wasting resources. Global sales accounts, shared HR and legal functions, centralised purchasing: these functions all help less resources to achieve more\/have access to specialised skills. Around 80% of all people spend at least some of their time working in virtual teams. So matrix working is everywhere: how far you reflect it in your organization structure is then a choice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>There is a trend towards describing matrixed structures as \u2018networked organizations\u2019. Some companies are explicitly describing themselves as \u2018networked\u2019. The qualities are the same, the skills needed are the same, but the nod is to the utterly networked lives we now lead. This is also helpful terminology as it reduces the focus on formal reeporting lines in favour of encouraging more flexible networks of people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>All of the trends are towards more complexity and more collaboration across the organization, both internal and externally with key partners, customers and suppliers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The human elements of this remain paramount: trust and visibility, engagement and communications. In turn, the need for individuals, and middle management in particular, to develop new skills for working this way are becoming essential. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kevan Hall, CEO, Global Integration I was asked a question yesterday: there\u2019s a lot of information online suggesting that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","type-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The matrix is dead \u2013 long live the matrix - Global Integration<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Kevan Hall, CEO, Global Integration I was asked a question yesterday: there\u2019s a lot of information online suggesting that the matrix is dead. 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