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Within the project matrix, the balance between the responsibility of the project managers compared to the resource-base managers varies across different projects:
-Autonomous project organization
A) Where the project manager has clear responsibilities for overall co-ordination, monitors progress and brokers competition for resources, but is, in the end reliant on the resource base managers to make appropriate allocations of resources to the project
B) Where the converse is true, and the project manager has the stronger hand, overriding resource allocations made by resource base managers
C) Where the project manager has complete autonomy - including the possibility of hiring staff directly
D) Where resource-base managers have complete responsibility, the project manager has little more than a liaison role

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Within the project matrix, the balance between the responsibility of the project managers compared to the resource-base managers varies across different projects:
-Autonomous project organization
A) Where the project manager has clear responsibilities for overall co-ordination, monitors progress and brokers competition for resources, but is, in the end reliant on the resource base managers to make appropriate allocations of resources to the project
B) Where the converse is true, and the project manager has the stronger hand, overriding resource allocations made by resource base managers
C) Where the project manager has complete autonomy - including the possibility of hiring staff directly
D) Where resource-base managers have complete responsibility, the project manager has little more than a liaison role

Matching Within the Project Matrix, the Balance Between the Responsibility of of the Project