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Entries from February 2010

Technorati feed claim

February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments

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Star Trek’s Vulcan fleet uses matrix managment

February 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments

It’s amazing what Google alerts throws up.  Apparently the Vulcan Kolinahr Fleet is organized on matrix management principles.
Conclusive proof that the matrix is the organizational form of the future.  I am sure a strict logic based approach to matrix management is a help. In the photo you can see Mr Spock clearly indicating the dual [...]

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Tags: Communication in a Matrix · Matrix Management · Matrix Organization Structure · Matrix skills · Working in a Matrix

Employee Engagement Life in a Matrix Podcast

February 5th, 2010 · No Comments

In this episode, Kevan Hall, CEO of Global Integration and author of the book Speed Lead talks about employee engagement – what is employee engagement, how do we build it and how do we avoid cynicism as we try to build engagement following a period of tough business results and sometimes difficult decisions.

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Tags: Matrix Management · Matrix management podcasts · Working in a Matrix

Open source collaboration

February 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

The matrix organization now often extends outside the formal organization boundaries into working with external partners.
One example of this is open source development of software and other products.
Here is an interesting BBC radio program inside the virtual anthill which gives several examples of this increasingly common way of working.
Global Integration are working with a number [...]

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Global Integration Asia office open

February 1st, 2010 · No Comments

Global Integration works around the world with major multinationals building the skills they need to manage people in complex, matrixed, virtual and global organizations.
The proportion of our business delivered in Asia has been increasing steadily in recent years but as our consultants were based in Europe and the Americas travel costs could add significantly to [...]

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Tags: Global Integration · Matrix resource links · Working in a Matrix