Definition: A style of management where an individual has two reporting superiors (bosses) - one functional and one operational.
This is commonly seen in project management where an engineer, for example, reports to the chief engineer functionally, but reports to the project manager on operational project issues.
Matrix management also is common in branch offices. The accountant in the Tokyo office reports functionally to the Vice President of Accounting in headquarters in London, but reports operationally to the Regional Manager in charge of the Tokyo office.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Social Security
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Has what happened at Enron got you thinking a little more about your retirement; doing a little planning for your personal financial future? If so, and you live in the United States, this is a book you need.
Whether you are about to retire, just beginning to think about it, or helping parents or other retirees, this book can be your roadmap through the complexities of the US Social Security Administration. Author Lita Epstein, a former Congressional press secretary and the Managing Editor of Atlanta's Business To Business magazine, lays out everything you need to know in straight-forward, easy to understand language. The book is structured such that you can read the chapters that interest you and skip others until later.
She begins with the history and purpose of Social Security and then addresses specific topics from when to file to election of survivor benefits.
Whether you are about to retire, just beginning to think about it, or helping parents or other retirees, this book can be your roadmap through the complexities of the US Social Security Administration. Author Lita Epstein, a former Congressional press secretary and the Managing Editor of Atlanta's Business To Business magazine, lays out everything you need to know in straight-forward, easy to understand language. The book is structured such that you can read the chapters that interest you and skip others until later.
She begins with the history and purpose of Social Security and then addresses specific topics from when to file to election of survivor benefits.
Hire The Right Candidate
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A manager at a major software company is wasting money and making more work for herself. She is making her vendors less effective and more frustrated. Her bosses will notice the lower performance, but they won't know it's because she is fishing for minnows with whale bait.
This manager, we'll call her Tina, has been promoted. She needs to backfill a position in her department that supports the position she just left. Instead of taking the time and thinking it through, she gave the recruiters her old position description and said, "Find me one of these".
* The recruiters are frustrated - they source their best candidates that match the position description, prepare them, and send them to the interview, but they don't get hired.
This manager, we'll call her Tina, has been promoted. She needs to backfill a position in her department that supports the position she just left. Instead of taking the time and thinking it through, she gave the recruiters her old position description and said, "Find me one of these".
* The recruiters are frustrated - they source their best candidates that match the position description, prepare them, and send them to the interview, but they don't get hired.
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