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The engineering department matrix organization
Author(s) -
Videlo D. A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
randd management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.253
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1467-9310
pISSN - 0033-6807
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9310.1976.tb01088.x
Subject(s) - flexibility (engineering) , organizational structure , balance (ability) , function (biology) , industrial engineering , matrix (chemical analysis) , value (mathematics) , organizational architecture , power (physics) , computer science , engineering management , engineering , operations research , operations management , systems engineering , management , economics , physics , medicine , materials science , quantum mechanics , machine learning , composite material , physical medicine and rehabilitation , biology , evolutionary biology
This paper describes the development of an organizational structure within the Engineering Department of the Sperry Gyroscope organization. A matrix form of structure has been operating in the last 15 years or so in various forms. However, the power balance between the project and function teams has been carefully changed over this period to meet changing circumstances, it is accepted that this structure may not necessarily be suitable for all time, but its flexibility has proved of tremendous value in enabling the Engineering Department to perform effectively.