Have You Tried Project Management?

ONE FORM OF PROJECT ORGANIZATION, THE MATRIX, APPEARS TO BE GAINING SIGNIFICANT ACCEPTANCE IN BOTH GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY. CHARACTERISTIC OF THE MATRIX AND OTHER FORMS OF PROJECT ORGANIZATIONS IS A RESULTS ORIENTATION. THE PRIMARY FOCUS OF THE PROJECT ORGANIZATION IS ON THE OBJECTIVE, AND SUCCESS OR FAILURE ARE USUALLY QUITE VISIBLE. THE PROJECT ORGANIZATION APPEARS TO OFFER AT LEAST PARTIAL SOLUTIONS TO 2 CURRENT CONCERNS - CHANGE AND THE GROWING ALIENATION OF EMPLOYEES FROM THEIR WORK. ORGANIZATIONAL FLUIDITY, HIGH-QUALITY DIAGONAL AND HORIZONTAL COMMUNICATION, RICH INTERPERSONAL INTERACTION, AND COMMITMENT TO THE OBJECTIVE COMBINE TO PROVIDE PROJECT MEMBERS WITH A SENSE OF OWNERSHIP OF THEIR WORK AND AN ABILITY TO PREVAIL IN EVEN THE MOST DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENTS. ALTHOUGH THE PROJECT ORGANIZATION IS NOT SUITED FOR ALL UNDERTAKINGS, POTENTIAL APPLICATION IS MUCH GREATER THAN IS GENERALLY REALIZED. TABLES.