Types Of Organization

Question 1

Describe an organic organization.

Answer 1

Teams and groups naturally form to address priorities.

Question 2

Who is in charge in a functional organization?

Answer 2

Functional/departmental manager.

Question 3

Describe a composite organization.

Answer 3

More than one type of reporting structure.

Question 4

Who is in charge in a projectized organization?

Answer 4

Project manager.

Question 5

What are the 2 drawbacks of a virtual organization?

Answer 5

1. Weak team relationships as never meet in person

2. Project accountability can be challenging

Question 6

What are the 3 drawbacks of a matrix organization?

Answer 6

1. Higher overhead, duplication of some tasks
2. Conflict between project manager and functional manager
3. Resources loyal to functional manager not project manager

Question 7

Who is in charge in an organic organization?

Answer 7

Varies based on corporate priorities and personalities.

Question 8

Describe a functional organization.

Answer 8

Resources work for a department but are loaned to a project.

Question 9

Describe a projectized organization?

Answer 9

1. Organization is structured according to projects not functions.
2. Project manager manages people and project.
3. Project manager highly empowered.

Question 10

Who is in charge in a virtual organization?

Answer 10

Varies

Question 11

What are the 3 drawbacks of a projectized organization?

Answer 11

1. Team members only belong to a project.
2. Team members work themselves out of a job
3. Professional growth and development difficult.

Question 12

What are the benefits of a matrix organization?

Answer 12

Project managers gain deep expertise of a functional organization while being empowered to manage project resources.

Question 13

What are the 3 drawbacks of a functional organization?

Answer 13

1. Project manager is weak.
2. Projects have lower priority.
3. Resources not dedicated to a project.

Question 14

Who is in charge in a composite organization?

Answer 14

Varies according to group that contains the project.

Question 15

Describe a virtual organization.

Answer 15

A distributed team where members may be part time and communicate peer to peer instead of to a project manager.

Question 16

Who is in charge in a matrix organization?

Answer 16

Power is shared between the functional and project managers.

Question 17

What are the benefits of an organic organization?

Answer 17

Can be adaptive to the environment.

Question 18

Describe a matrix organization.

Answer 18

A hybrid with functional managers for HR and project manager for projects.

Question 19

What are the 2 drawbacks of an organic organization?

Answer 19

1. Lack of organizational maturity.

2. May be driven by short term urgent rather than long term important.

Question 20

What are the 4 benefits of a projectized organization?

Answer 20

1. Project manager has complete authority.
2. Easy project communication as a single team.
3. Loyalty is strong to team and project.
4. No resource contention.

Question 21

What are the benefits of a composite organization?

Answer 21

May include benefits from every other type of organization.

Question 22

What are the 2 benefits of a virtual organization?

Answer 22

1. Engages experts without cost of transportation.

2. Project can continue round the clock.

Question 23

What is the drawback of a composite organization?

Answer 23

More complexity.

Question 24

What are the 3 benefits of a functional organization?

Answer 24

1. Deep company expertise by function.
2. High degree of professional specialization.
3. Defined career paths for team members.