digitization of society

Welcome to the blog of darwin ecosystem (www.darwin-ecosystem.com). Here we are «darwing», we mean, helping organizations to find the best ways to evolve their digital business foundations. To find their criativity, their potencial. To follow their organizational natural drift. We believe that societies are evolving to operate in a more digital way. We call this process the «digitization of society process». This blog is about this process. Is a bilingual blog: PT and UK.

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Technology + Social Structure + Environment

"New technologies have reduced the need for physical proximity, hierarchical controls, and direct integrating mechanisms (e.g. supervision, liaison roles, face-to-face task groups) and have enabled the work of virtual organizations and teams. New technologies can also lead to greater descentralization of decision making because data is more readily available - integration occurs through electronic linking, increased spans of control ans drecreased hierarchical levels as individuals deal with more information."

In "Organization Theory", Mary Jo Hatch, 2nd edition, 2006