How to Make Your Matrix Organization Really Work | MIT Sloan Management Review

Leadership & Culture

A matrixed structure—where teams report to multiple leaders or where there is dual or multiple managerial accountability and responsibility—is used in many organizations. But for a matrix structure to be effective, several factors must be considered. This article provides four elements of a matrix structure that must be in balance. The four components include: 1) where people report …

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Three Resources for Optimizing HR Structure and Operating Model | Gartner and McKinsey

HR Effectiveness

HR leaders continue to reevaluate their HR structures and operating models to optimize efficiency, cost, and impact. And given the various ways they can achieve these goals, CHROs must weigh different options when making these decisions. As HR leaders think through these decisions, I include three resources that can be leveraged. 1) Using Shared Services to Drive …

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How Can Corporate Functions Become More Agile? | McKinsey

HR Effectiveness

As corporate functions, such as HR, rethink their operating models to enable effective inter-department collaboration, coordination, and faster decision-making, this article provides a few suggestions. One idea presented is the “flow to work” talent model. Under this model, staff operating in organizational silos (such as HR generalists supporting a single business unit) become part of a shared …

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Redefining Corporate Functions to Better Support Strategy and Growth | McKinsey

HR Effectiveness

A common challenge of organization design is determining the extent to which corporate functions should be (de)centralized to maximize business value. On the one hand, centralized functions enable scalability, consistency, and standardized metrics. Conversely, decentralized corporate functions can provide business units with the advantage of speed, control, and adaptability. But as pointed out in this …

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BOOK: Data-Driven Organization Design: Delivering Perpetual Performance Gains Through the Organizational System | Rupert Morrison

Books

The topic of organization design has received renewed interest as organizations transform in response to changing business contexts, workplaces, and the workforce. At the same time, firms seek ways to use data to guide decision-making. In this newly released second edition book (released October 26, 2021), Rupert Morrison covers topics ranging from identifying and collecting …

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4 Ways Organization Design Can Enable the Hybrid Workplace | Human Resource Executive

Workforce Trends

As remote work becomes more common-place, more firms are likely to adopt a hybrid workforce model in a post-pandemic world. And while the degree to which those models get employed will vary by organization and industry, many firms continue to identify ways to enable and optimize a hybrid workforce model. This article suggests that organizational design …

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