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What is a challenge to reporting to more than one manager in a matrix organization? In a matrix structure organization, the reporting relationships are set up as a grid, or matrix, employees generally have to report to both a functional manager and a product manager. However, all managers are humans; they are not computers who can be set up with zero conflict. What might be a benefit? If the coordinated across functional departments are doing well, the resources can be used efficiently, since experts and equipment can be shared across projects. The more coordinated across functional departments is doing, the more information flows across and through the organization. And the employees can speed the decision process with the help of the sharing information. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of being employed by a boundary-less organization? The advantages: Because of the traditional barriers between departments as well as barriers between the organization and the external environment are eliminated, you can increase the flexibility, collaboration, and shared more information. With a strong vision and goals, employees feel more self-satisfying with their job. The disadvantages: Because of the elimination of traditional barriers between departments and the organization to the external environment, the top managers might set multiple objectives to ensure the specific goals will be executed. The employees will take more responsibility for their jobs

or the objectives set by managers. The truth is the more freedom you have, the more responsibility you have to take. What is the main cost of maintaining an organizational learning environment? The experimenting and learning new things can be the main cost of maintaining an organizational learning environment. Because of experimentation and testing, potentially better operational methods are encouraged; the organization has to pay the bills of failures. Not everything is perfect and can be done perfectly for the first time. What is the greatest benefit? The experimenting and learning new things can be a way of identifying future opportunities. Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up. Learning from failed experiences is probably the best way to move forward quickly. Like a scientist experiment so many times to find the truth, you can find the treasure if you try enough shots. Which kind of organization would you like to work for? Why? If I just looking for a part-time job, I prefer the matrix organization. I can just do what I suppose to do and that's it. I don't want to be required to coordinate across reporting lines to accomplish other people's goals and objectives. No more duties coming up in my mind. However, if I want to learn and digging more about the job, I would like to choose the learning organization. In the learning organization, I can learn how to institutionalized experimenting with new ideas. I might be allowed to work on my personal project with the resources of the organization....