Office space, cyberspace and virtual organization

Article Abstract:

The creation of a virtual organization is progressively being realized with the help of several advancements in office technology. Such an organization is characterized by its reliance on the cyberspace medium, dependence on new computing and communications developments, and initial existence only across traditional organizational structures. The term cyberspace refers to the global systems interconnectivity which allows access to a single information space by every computer and telecommunications network. Already, several variants of the virtual organizational form are being practiced. These include the adoption of homeworking or telecommuting, the creation of hot desk environments, the application of hoteling, and the implementation of virtual teams through groupware. The virtual organization obviates the need for a shared physical space and helps in minimizing overhead costs. As a result of these benefits, many are considering even more complex systems.

Analysis, Computer networks, Usage, Innovations, Office equipment and supplies, Office supplies, Interactive computer systems, Interactive media, Virtual corporations

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Permanent discovery or collective caprice?

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The concept of the learning organization has become a major business trend in the 1990s. To help companies transform themselves into learning organizations, the PRIME model is developed and recommended. An extension of Stephan Fuchs's research on change in the natural and social sciences, this model considers the two basic organizational variables of Uncertainty and Interdependence, the former referring to the actual and perceived qualities of a task and the latter referring to the social organization of the people working on the task. As a result of the interaction between the two variables, differences are observed in the processes of collective learning and knowledge generation are engendered. These processes involve bureaucratic efficiency, diversification, technical specialization and permanent discovery. This model also discusses the four forms of business ignorance: stagnation, fragmentation, tunnel vision and collective caprice.

Learning, Teaching models

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Does your organization get a clean bill of health?

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A general model for the evaluation of organizations is constructed using a combination of Stafford Beer's Viable System Model (VSM) and Danny Miller's organizational taxonomies. The search for a new organizational paradigm has made necessary the formulation of a simple diagnostic tool for organizational malaise. VSM is one such methodology that involves the evaluation of organizational viability according to the existence and interaction of five essential systems in a firm: operating care, coordinating mechanism, control function, information function and policy-making function. Miller's classification on the other hand, is useful in providing archetypes for organizations that fail and those that succeed. The use of both techniques in combination ensures that comprehensive and deep diagnosis is followed by a variety of references in the evaluation of organizations.

Evaluation, Business enterprises

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