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Emerging organizational forms: Work and organization in the 21st century

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This article begins with the premise that there is continuous and accelerating change in the Western World in the nature of work and how it is organized. An important contributory force is information technology -- itself changing rapidly. When the dynamics of the external environment of organizations are added to changes in IT, we will see new forms of organizations evolving in the business world, such as the 'starburst' and 'internal market' structures. Michael Scott Morton supplies a diagram to illustrate the framework of research which the '1990s' program at MIT is following -- how to balance the dynamic tension between external forces and the internal dimensions of organizations to reward shareholders adequately. He refers to one of Peter Senge's ideas in The Fifth Dimension which is central in creating an organization which learns how to innovate constantly: System Thinking -- the search for systemic patterns. It reinforces Scott Morton's argument, and seems a particularly appropriate discipline in a continuously turbulent business environment.

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  • Scott Morton, Michael, 1995. "Emerging organizational forms: Work and organization in the 21st century," European Management Journal, Elsevier, vol. 13(4), pages 339-345, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:eurman:v:13:y:1995:i:4:p:339-345
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    1. T. Gries & R. Grundmann & I. Palnau & M. Redlin, 2017. "Innovations, growth and participation in advanced economies - a review of major concepts and findings," International Economics and Economic Policy, Springer, vol. 14(2), pages 293-351, April.
    2. Miguel Pina e Cunha & Joao Vieira da Cunha & Carlos Cabral Cardoso, 2000. "Looking for complication: The case of management education," Nova SBE Working Paper Series wp394, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics.
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    4. Gries, T. & Grundmann, R. & Palnau, I. & Redlin, M., 2015. "Does technological change drive inclusive industrialization? : A review of major concepts and findings," MERIT Working Papers 2015-044, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).

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