Changing customer needs, increased competition, technological advances,
globalization, and a more diverse work force are current patterns which will lead
toward a system-level redesign of tomorrow's organizations. This article discusses
the importance of rethinking how we do business and the necessity of working with
the inherent contradictions of organizing in a dynamic environment. The article
considers the plausibility ofnetwork organizational designs, contracted workers, and
flexible part-time workers.
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