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Types of Organizations

• functional organizations
• projectized organizations
• matrix organizations
• strong
• weak
• balanced

Functional Organization

• team members work for other departments
• project manager has low power, weak
• more company expertise in each department
• resources may not be dedicated to project

Projectized Organization

• organization is structured according to projects
• project manager manages project and people
• project manager has most power and complete authority
• team members belong to project and may lose job after project

Matrix

• strong
• project manager has more weight
•  weak
• functional manager has more weight
•  balanced
• power distributed
• higher overhead because of duplication of effort
• may be problems between project manager and functional manager