The impact of information systems on organizations and markets
Communications of the ACM
Revisiting computer security in the business world
Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM
Rattling SABRE—new ways to compete on information
Harvard Business Review
Strategic data planning: lessons from the field
MIS Quarterly
Media spaces: bringing people together in a video, audio, and computing environment
Communications of the ACM
Video as a technology for informal communication
Communications of the ACM
Managing Information Technology in Multinational Corporations
Managing Information Technology in Multinational Corporations
Telework: an innovation where nobody is getting on the bandwagon?
ACM SIGMIS Database - Special double issue: diffusion of technological innovation
Knowledge management in academia: A proposed framework
Information Technology and Management
Evolution in Groups: A Genetic Algorithm Approach to Group Decision Support Systems
Information Technology and Management
Exploring virtual team-working effectiveness in the construction sector
Interacting with Computers
Telework vs. central work: A comparative view of knowledge accessibility
Decision Support Systems
Information Technologies and International Development
Journal of Management Information Systems
Because Time Matters: Temporal Coordination in Global Virtual Project Teams
Journal of Management Information Systems
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
An investigation of the role of trust in virtual project management success
International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations
Virtual communities of practice: the communication of knowledge across cultural boundaries
International Journal of Web Based Communities
A model to develop effective virtual teams
Decision Support Systems
Business Network-Based Value Creation in Electronic Commerce
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
A Process Framework for Global Software Engineering Teams
Information and Software Technology
The Effects of Synchronous Collaborative Technologies on Decision Making: A Study of Virtual Teams
Information Resources Management Journal
Virtual Team Process and Pathologies: A Theory of Adaptive Intervention
International Journal of e-Collaboration
Virtual Team Process and Pathologies: A Theory of Adaptive Intervention
International Journal of e-Collaboration
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The key information processing building blocks for yesterday's organizations were typewriters, carbon paper, filing cabinets, and a government mail service. The constraints of these crude information processing technologies often required workers to be located under one roof and organizations to arrange themselves as efficient, but relatively change-resistant, management hierarchies. Those legacy organization designs have persisted despite fundamental changes in information processing technology. Tomorrow's successful organizations will be designed around the building blocks of advanced computer and communications technology. The success of these organizations will come from the ability to couple to, and decouple from, the networks of knowledge nodes. These networked organizations will link, on an as-needed basis, teams of empowered employees, consultants, suppliers, and customers. These ad hoc teams will solve one-time problems, provide personalized customer service, and then, as lubricant for subsequent interactions, evaluate one another's performance. In the network organization, structure will dominate strategy, credentials will give way to performance and knowledge, and human resources will be the only sustainable advantage. Despite the promise, networked organizations present difficult information management challenges. Among these are developing a flexible and efficient information architecture, establishing new values, attitudes, and behaviors concerning information sharing, building databases that can provide integrated customer support on a worldwide basis, and protecting personal freedoms and privacy. Here, we explore the opportunities and challenges that networked organizations will present for information technology management.