Title

Management, technology, and what's next

Keywords

Future organizations; High-technology firms; Management history; Management theory; Organization theory

Abstract

This paper is searching for the identity for what the future high performance organization (in the high-technology sector) will 'look like'. The management history literature was examined to identify a comparative framework for historical management thought. Social, economic and philosophical issues were considered. The relationship between this comparative framework and economic long wave theory were used to consider what 'paradigm of automation' will provide the economic engine during the next (fifth) economic long wave expansion. The high-technology business environment was examined for unique characteristics, revealing uncertainty. Current emerging technologies were reviewed for consideration as candidate 'paradigms of automation'. The implications for future high performance organizations in the technology sector, were that: flexibility, adaptive, responsive, action-oriented, and high-skill mix are traits that would be required.

Publication Date

1-1-1998

Publication Title

International Journal of Technology Management

Volume

16

Issue

1-3

Number of Pages

37-44

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1504/ijtm.1998.002659

Socpus ID

0031655608 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0031655608

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