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Making the Matrix Work, 2nd edition

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Making the Matrix Work, 2nd edition by Kevan Hall and Alan Hall delves into the complexities of operating within a matrix organisational structure. The book offers insights and strategies to enhance collaboration, decision-making, and management across different teams and geographies. It aims to equip leaders and employees with tools to improve communication and efficiency, ultimately driving business success.
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This book may appeal to you if you're looking to improve collaboration and effectiveness in complex business environments. It offers strategies for navigating organizational structures and focuses on practical solutions for enhancing productivity in a matrix system.

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A decade on from its first publication, the book that inspires and enables people to succeed in complex organisations is now updated for Agile working

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How to work and manage others successfully in matrix organisations operating across regions and functions, with global teams, customers and supply chains.

Traditional management training prioritises clarity, predictability, and control. In a matrix, we need to balance this with the ability to tolerate ambiguity, manage uncertainty, and decentralise control. Managers require an expanded toolkit to help them transition from the hard to the soft, from the concrete to the ambiguous, and back again, depending on the situation. Making the Matrix Work helps you develop your matrix mindset and shows you how to establish and engage networks that do not rely on role, control, or authority to get things done.

This 10-year anniversary edition has been extensively revised to cover Agile and digital working, tailored for those working and managing in the fast-paced new world of work, featuring autonomous teams, iterative working, and non-hierarchical leadership.

It includes new material on alignment and connecting across silos, and on autonomous teams, as well as three major new chapters on:

  • Change and Stability
  • Hierarchy
  • Networks

There are updates to terms and techniques throughout the book to reflect hybrid and post-pandemic working considerations and the impact of digital transformation.

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Making the Matrix Work, 2nd edition by Kevan Hall and Alan Hall is generally well-received in the domain of Business & Entrepreneurship. Reviewers appreciate its practical guidance on navigating complex organisational structures, highlighting the authors' expertise in simplifying communication and collaboration across different teams. The book is valued for its actionable insights and strategies that help to break down silos and improve cross-functional effectiveness in a matrix environment.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399810029

Publisher: John Murray Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 August 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: John Murray Business

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 232.0mm

Weight: 340g

Pages: 272

About the Author

Kevan Hall (Author)

Kevan Hall is an author, trainer and regular keynote speaker specializing in working in virtual, hybrid, matrix, agile and global organizations. Kevan founded Global Integration in 1994. Today, he manages people and clients in Europe, the Americas and Asia - so he has to practice what he preaches. He is a high impact keynote speaker and engaging face-to -face and virtual workshop facilitator working with senior audiences around the world.

An acknowledged authority on how to work in complex organizations. He is the author of

MAKING THE MATRIX WORK, KILL BAD MEETINGS and SPEED LEAD

Alan Hall (Author)

Alan Hall is a Key Account Director with Global Integration and co-author of the books Leading Remote and Virtual Teams and Kill Bad Meetings. He is also the author and presenter of the LinkedIn Learning program Activate your Professional Network and Improve your Visibility and co-presenter of Fewer Better Meetings.

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