{"id":20623,"date":"2012-02-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/global2020prd.wpengine.com\/insights\/matrix-monday-matrix-is-the-ladder-to-success\/"},"modified":"2020-03-21T08:24:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-21T08:24:51","slug":"matrix-monday-matrix-is-the-ladder-to-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/matrix-monday-matrix-is-the-ladder-to-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Matrix Monday: Matrix is the Ladder to Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3716\" title=\"Matrix_Monday(D1) (2)\" alt=\"literature on matrix management, matrix structures\" src=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Matrix_MondayD1-2.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>Continuing our Matrix Monday series which summarises some of the limited\u00a0available\u00a0literature on the matrix, today we take a fresh look at \u00a0\u00a0<a title=\"Matrix is the Ladder to success\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/debateroom\/archives\/2009\/08\/matrix_is_the_l.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cMatrix is the Ladder to Success\u201d<\/a>, an article on Bloomberg&#8217;s Business Week published in August 2009.<\/h3>\n<p>Despite the somewhat off putting title, this short Business Week debate on the pros and cons of\u00a0<a title=\"Matrix management\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/matrix-management-training\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">matrix management<\/a>\u00a0remains interesting and pertinent today. It&#8217;s based around a single question: <em>Multi-dimensional organizational design is the best way to restructure a business. Pro or con?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jay R. Galbraith points at some successful matrix examples to argue &#8216;pro&#8217;, &#8220;Look at the track record&#8221;. Looking at the record himself, Guido Quelle argues &#8216;con&#8217;, &#8220;Matrix Impedes Progress&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><em>Which way would you argue, and why?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing our Matrix Monday series which summarises some of the limited\u00a0available\u00a0literature on the matrix, today we take a fresh look [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20623","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>Matrix Monday: Matrix is the Ladder to Success - Global Integration<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Continuing our Matrix Monday series which summarises some of the limited\u00a0available\u00a0literature on the matrix, today we take a fresh look at \u00a0\u00a0\u201cMatrix is\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/matrix-monday-matrix-is-the-ladder-to-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Matrix Monday: Matrix is the Ladder to Success\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Continuing our Matrix Monday series which summarises some of the limited\u00a0available\u00a0literature on the matrix, today we take a fresh look at \u00a0\u00a0\u201cMatrix is\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/matrix-monday-matrix-is-the-ladder-to-success\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Global Integration\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-02-20T00:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-21T08:24:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Matrix_MondayD1-2.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.global-integration.com\\\/insights\\\/matrix-monday-matrix-is-the-ladder-to-success\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.global-integration.com\\\/insights\\\/matrix-monday-matrix-is-the-ladder-to-success\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Claire\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.global-integration.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5949a056696166ef0cd8522506b63261\"},\"headline\":\"Matrix Monday: Matrix is the Ladder to Success\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-02-20T00:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-21T08:24:51+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.global-integration.com\\\/insights\\\/matrix-monday-matrix-is-the-ladder-to-success\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":130,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.global-integration.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.global-integration.com\\\/insights\\\/matrix-monday-matrix-is-the-ladder-to-success\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.global-integration.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/01\\\/Matrix_MondayD1-2.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.global-integration.com\\\/insights\\\/matrix-monday-matrix-is-the-ladder-to-success\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.global-integration.com\\\/insights\\\/matrix-monday-matrix-is-the-ladder-to-success\\\/\",\"name\":\"Matrix Monday: Matrix is the Ladder to Success - 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