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Webinar with Jay Galbraith: Designing Matrix Organizations That Actually Work - Slides/Audio

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Renowned OD thinker Jay Galbraith held a webinar on June 17 at 9 am Pacific Time about designing matrix organizations that actually work. Jay's latest book is all about this subject.

 

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A PDF of the slides is available.

 

Jay writes, "In preparing for the many in-house organization design workshops that I have given, I always ask what topics the company wants on the agenda. Invariably companies want to know, 'How do you make a matrix work?'

"I took these requests as an indication that now would be a good time to write up my experiences with matrix organizations and multidimensional structures. The result is my latest book Designing Matrix Organizations That Actually Work.

"In the book and in the webcast, I will address the design of successful matrix organizations. As usual, I will feature the Star Model as a guide to design. I will emphasize the point that designing a successful matrix is less about structure and more about designing management processes, creating joint goals, managing conflict, clarifying roles and responsibilities and creating strong management teams. And finally, I will emphasize the HR practices, reward systems and selection criteria to complete the Star Model. There should be ample time for questions at the end of the presentation."

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