The 1990s research program: Implications for management and the emerging organization

摘要

The external business environment has become more turbulent over the last several years and this is likely to continue. At the same time the functionality and cost of information technology has been improving steadily. The combination of these two forces can give rise to a quite different new organization — the flexible organization. Research has shown the nature of the inhibiting factor that has caused this transformation to only occur in some organization.