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MATRIX TEAMS

















                     Matrix teams are a type of cross-functional team. However, they are characterized

                         by a “two-boss system”, where an individual in one department temporarily reports to
                         a different manager for various aspects of their work related to the project that the
                         team is working on.





                    An Example:

                    Carol is an architect who was given a task of making a design for a new product that
                    marketing provided an idea for and that R&D deemed feasible. By being included in this
                    project, she all of a sudden has two bosses: the first one is a project manager who’s
                    responsible the design being done and the other is Carol’s functional manager who is

                    responsible for her other work, unrelated to the new design project. Thus Carol has two
                    bosses, one for the project and one for her regular work.
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