In the matrix structure, for example, departments exist, but project managers can recruit from different departments more easily than in a purely functional structure.

Three forms of organizations describe the organizational structures that are used by most companies today: functional, departmental and matrix. Each of these forms has advantages and disadvantages ...

An organizational structure organizes a company’s activities. Explore four types of organizational structures: functional, divisional, flatarchy, and matrix.

However, there are ways to structure an outsourced large-scale IT project that mitigates the risks of the project and maintains an IT organization’s leverage with the sole provider.

More information: David W. Everett, Dairy Foods: A Matrix for Human Health and Precision Nutrition—The impact of the dairy food matrix on digestion and absorption, Journal of Dairy Science (2025).

The matrix structure is a bit more confusing, but pulls advantages from a couple of different formats. Under this structure, employees have multiple bosses and reporting lines.

Using the Matrix Chart feature, users will now be able to display reporting structures at project levels in a grid form rather than the traditional linear upwards-flowing hierarchy.

The structure of dairy products—and how that structure is changed during processing—has a distinct effect on how those products are digested and how they influence human health.