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Lots of articles have been written on this but I wanted to point out that Apple is unique among the tech companies because it is organized horizontally instead
by chillacy 8y ago
Lots of articles have been written on this but I wanted to point out that Apple is unique among the tech companies because it is organized horizontally instead of vertically: there are divisions for hardware, software, services, etc instead of product divisions like google maps, google search, Android, etc. This makes it hard to scale to more products at once but it makes it easier to integrate across the products.
- dustingetz 8y agoCan't shake the feeling that future companies will organize as graph, not tree
- david-gpu 8y agoI used to work in a matrix organization. My two VPs had completely different goals and strategies. Unsurprisingly, they did not cooperate, meaning I was being pulled in two entirely different directions. I quit.
- setpatchaddress 8y agoGoogle “matrix organization”
- flyinglizard 8y agoThat's an awful kind of organization because it deprives power from the product people while turning the technical people into internal contractors. While doing that, it puts individual under a dual headed management (technical and HR, or "solid" vs "dotted"). It's usually a compromise for organizations who don't really want to do housekeeping, sort of managing without hard decisions. It's not a good thing to be in.
- gamblor956 8y agoWhy do you think Apple is unique? Most companies, including other tech companies, are organized this way (i.e., including Microsoft, Sony, Samsung, etc.) Having product-specific divisions is actually a tech-specific oddity limited to a few companies like Google and Adobe.
- chillacy 8y agoI was referring to the big US tech companies, not sure about Asia. Microsoft is as I understand organized by products too: there’s an Office division, a Windows division, SQL division, Xbox, etc instead of Software, OS, and Web.