Managing in an Information Age: Organizational Challenges and Opportunities Harvard Case Solution & Analysis

Managers and management theorists have spent much of this century, the construction and improvement of the hierarchy, however, according to the press, it now seems to be engaged in destroying it. While many proclaim the dawn of "The Information Age" organization and hierarchical organization of extinction as the trend of the 1990s, the roots of these changes can be traced to the 1950s. This note provides an overview of the organizational design challenges that companies face in the 1990s, their historical roots and characterization of new information model organization century. "Hide
by Lynda M. Applegate 19 pages. Publication Date: August 15, 1995. Prod. #: 196002-PDF-ENG

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