Common Organizational Designs (cont.) Contemporary Organizational Designs (cont. Matric Sructure-assigns specialists from different functional departments to work on projects led by project managers adds vertical dimension to the traditional horizontal functional departments creates a dual chain of command -violates unity of command project managers have authority in areas relative to the project's goals -functional managers retain authority over human resource decisions (e.g.,promotions) ©Prentice Hall,2002 10-29 Common Organizational Designs (cont.) Contemporary Organizational Designs (cont.) – Matrix Structure - assigns specialists from different functional departments to work on projects led by project managers • adds vertical dimension to the traditional horizontal functional departments • creates a dual chain of command – violates unity of command – project managers have authority in areas relative to the project’s goals – functional managers retain authority over human resource decisions (e.g., promotions) © Prentice Hall, 2002 10-29