SAB2#7 Estructuras Organizacionales I

SAB2#7 Estructuras Organizacionales I

1. Structure types

   • Functional
     • Advantages
       • Easier Management specialist
       • Team members reports to only one supervisor
       • similar resources are centralized as the company is grouped by specialities
       • Clearly defined paths in areas of work specialization
     • Disadvantages
       • people pays more emphasis on their functional speciality
       • No career path on pm
       • PM has little or no authority
   • Projectized
     • Advantages
       • Eficient project organization
       • Team loyalty to project
       • More eficient communications than functional
     • Disadvanatges
       • No home for team mebers when project is completed
       • Lack of specialization and disciplines
       • Duplication facilities and job functions
       • May result in less eficient use of resources
   • Matrix
     • Advantages
       • Highly visible objectives
       • Improved PM control
       • More support from functional areas
       • Maxium utilization of scarce resources
       • Better Coordination
       • Better discrimination of information
       • Team member mantain a home
     • Disadvantages
       • Extra administration is required
       • Project managers have more than one boss
       • More complex to monitor and control
       • Resource allocation more complex
       • Extensive policies and procedures are needed
       • Functional Managers have different priorities
       • Higher potential for conflict

2. Concepts to consider

   • Project Based Organization (PBOs)
     • create temporary frameworks around their projects that allow circunvant any obstacles in their organizational structure
   • Organizational Hierarchy
     • Often divided in operational, middle management, and strategic