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Making Matrix Organizations Actually Work

Harvard Business Review

Patrick De Maeseneire, the former CEO of the Swiss HR solutions provider Adecco, formulates it as follows: “No complicated matrix structures. Here are five practical guidelines. The previous three guidelines are a call for the spare use of a matrix. A matrix, they argue, needlessly complicates things. One man or woman.

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A Board Director's Perspective on What IT Has to Get Right

Harvard Business Review

IT-based management-control systems, starting with finance and human resources and including distributed-innovation systems, are critical to ensure the policies and governance guidelines are effectively implemented in geographically dispersed locations. IT Doesn''t Matter (to CEOs).