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Recommendation
Kevan Hall’s consulting firm specializes in matrix management and he clearly believes in it, but he’s so honest about its challenges that he’s almost rueful. He knows that managers who do well in a vertical hierarchy can find the horizontal, silo-smashing, role-shifting, flexible nature of a “matrix organizational structure” frustrating, so he provides helpful tools, explanations and concepts. Hall limns the matrix in terms of its traits, operations, structures and strategies. He works hard to help you feel at home with it. getAbstract recommends his insights to those who work with corporate structure, culture and collaboration. Yet, if you are new to the matrix approach you may want to start with something a bit more basic – just like the vertical structure you are leaving behind.
About the Author
Kevan Hall, founder and CEO of Global Integration, is the author of Speed Lead.
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8 years agoFor those working in a matrix organization this quite a good read.
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