Matrix

by Stan Davis

Matrix management and organization are spreading in the United States and to a lesser extent in other countries. The list of well-known firms that are involved is becoming long and impressive. Davis and Lawrence provide a concise and definitive analysis of the particularly elusive organization design - the matrix organization - and elucidate clearly its forms, functions, and modes of operation. Includes case studies.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Stan Davis is a highly respected commentator on business in the future. He is the author of twelve other books, including the best- sellers Blur, 2020 Vision, and Future Perfect, as well as It’s Alive! and The Monster Under the Bed. His creative thinking makes practical connections to new business opportunities, and his restive mind has led him into and out of many fields. With a doctorate in the social sciences and an honorary doctorate in the humanities, Stan spent twenty years as an academic, mainly on the faculty of the Harvard Business School. For the past two decades he has been active in re- search, writing, consulting, public speaking, seminars, training, and video. He is a Publications Board Advisor at the New England Jour- nal of Medicine. Stan was a member of the Board of Directors of the Boston Ballet for sixteen years and of Jacob’s Pillow Dance Center for six years, and he has served on the Board of Directors of Opera America, the trade association of 197 opera companies, for the past six years.