Richard is working in an organization as a project manager in which the project manager does the administrative tasks, doesn’t have much power and reports to the functional manager. Identify the type of organization that Richard works for.

Identify the type of organization that Richard works for.

Richard is working in an organization as a project manager in which the project manager does the administrative tasks, doesn’t have much power and reports to the functional manager. Identify the type of organization that Richard works for.

A. Matrix organization.
B. Projectized organization.
C. Functional organization.
D. Weak matrix organization.

Answer: Option C is correct. Richard is working in a functional organization. In a Functional organization: Project team reports to functional managers. Organization is grouped by functional areas e.g.: marketing, sales etc. Project managers have not much influence/power in this type of organization. Project managers work as an assistant to the functional managers. Project managers mostly work on administrative tasks in the project.