Matrix Organisation
EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 2010
TITLE: MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
AUTHOR’S NAME: APPLEBY FADZANAYI KATIYO
Management and Organisational Behaviour Assignment
Select an organization of your own choice but make sure it is a Matrix Organisation.Briefly relate its history and the emergence of the Matrix organization. Discuss the benefits and problems perceived by members of the organization in their use of the Matrix Organisation. Evaluate whether the Matrix Organisation is ideal for this organization.
History
Kohler Engineering is a large corporate that was formed in 1996 and is based in Harare .It specializes in the manufacturing and repair of trailers and agricultural implements. It has a huge customer base in Zimbabwe as well as the Southern Africa Region. Some of the industries it serves include, transport, agriculture and mining. It started as small organization with a few equipment and less than ten employees. During those years there were no proper management structure as this organization was being run as a family business. Due to the high quality of their products, the company grew from being a family business to a large corporate. As a result of the expansion, the management engaged the services of a consultant firm to evaluate the organizational structure. Since the company has both functional and project processes the Matrix Organisational Principle was chosen as the most appropriate management structure.
They selected the Matrix Organizational Structure because it allows the company to address multiple business dimensions using multiple command structures. The company is now using a basic Matrix structure with two dimensions i.e. function and product. This type of organizational structure combines the advantages of the pure functional structure and the product organizational structure. The matrix allows managers to harness the
TITLE: MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR
AUTHOR’S NAME: APPLEBY FADZANAYI KATIYO
Management and Organisational Behaviour Assignment
Select an organization of your own choice but make sure it is a Matrix Organisation.Briefly relate its history and the emergence of the Matrix organization. Discuss the benefits and problems perceived by members of the organization in their use of the Matrix Organisation. Evaluate whether the Matrix Organisation is ideal for this organization.
History
Kohler Engineering is a large corporate that was formed in 1996 and is based in Harare .It specializes in the manufacturing and repair of trailers and agricultural implements. It has a huge customer base in Zimbabwe as well as the Southern Africa Region. Some of the industries it serves include, transport, agriculture and mining. It started as small organization with a few equipment and less than ten employees. During those years there were no proper management structure as this organization was being run as a family business. Due to the high quality of their products, the company grew from being a family business to a large corporate. As a result of the expansion, the management engaged the services of a consultant firm to evaluate the organizational structure. Since the company has both functional and project processes the Matrix Organisational Principle was chosen as the most appropriate management structure.
They selected the Matrix Organizational Structure because it allows the company to address multiple business dimensions using multiple command structures. The company is now using a basic Matrix structure with two dimensions i.e. function and product. This type of organizational structure combines the advantages of the pure functional structure and the product organizational structure. The matrix allows managers to harness the
References: Management-James A F Stoner Edward Freeman Management and Organisational Behaviour –Module MGT101-DJ Nduna, P Nyamuda, E K Nyatanga. Management and Organisational Behaviour -Mullins