Group feedback…
Advantages of matrix management
- Keeps staff overheads to a minimum
- High utilisation of staff capacity
- Staff have one manager for pastoral care
- Create teams of highly specialised members
- Helps to break down the “silo mentality”
Disadvantages of matrix management
- Staff report to several managers for work allocation
- Can be conflicting priorities
Advantages of direct/functional management
- Staff report to single manager for work allocation and pastoral care
- Simple “chain of command”
- Staff work with like-minded people – same areas of knowledge
Disadvantages of direct/functional management
- Develops silos
- Minimal cross-department knowledge & communication