A government subcontractor operates with a pure specialized

A government subcontractor operates with a pure specialized product management organizational structure and has four product lines. All employees are required to have a top secret security clearance. The subcontractor’s plant is structured such that each of the four product lines occupies a secured area in the building. Employees wear security badges that give them access to the different areas. Most of the employees are authorized to have access only to their area. Only the executives have access to all four areas. For security reasons, functional employees are not permitted to discuss the product lines with each other. Many of the projects performed in each of the product lines are identical, and severe duplications of efforts exist. Management is interested in converting over to a matrix structure to minimize the duplication of effort. What problems must be overcome before and during matrix implementation?

Solution

The below mentioned problems may arise:

1. Identification of identification of work.

2. Employee resistance to change management

3. Area of work allocation for identified common work.

4. Optimum utilization of existing area to all the products and common area of work.

5. Security access to be given to employees to their changed area.

5. Movements of machinery and other equipment.

Management needs to follow the below process:

1. Identification of identical action to be performed for the product lines.

2. Identified actions to be shifted from existing area of work to separate area so as to get the access to specified persons.

3. Identify the employees who perform the above said actions and give access accordingly.

4. Proper training and inspiration needs to given to employees to avoid resistance.

5. Optimum utilizations of space to be identified with help of CAD tools and do a trail run.