Title
Virtual Organization: Toward a Theory of Societal Transformation Stimulated by Information Technology
Abstract
From the Publisher:Computers mediate. They serve as brokers in matching buyers to sellers, employees to employers, resources to work processes, and on it goes. The social significance of computers as mediators and brokers has tremendous political and economic consequences. For managers, these consequences manifest themselves most clearly in the virtual organization, which is founded on the separation of requirements (e.g., inputs, such as components) from the ways in which requirements are met (e.g., suppliers and distribution networks). Separating these elements allows managers to switch easily from one way of meeting a requirement to another, for example, by laying off higher paid workers in the U.S. and hiring cheaper foreign labor.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1145/777950.777952
Ubiquity
Keywords
Field
DocType
social significance,information technology,societal transformation,economic consequence,virtual organization,distribution network,quorum books,greenwood publishing group,cheaper foreign labor
Information technology,Computer science,Knowledge management,Social transformation,Publishing,Virtual organization
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISBN
2003
May
1567205011
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
9
0.76
0
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Abbe Mowshowitz1563124.43
Murray Turoff21403650.40