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For more than a decade, business thinkers have theorized about how technology will change the shape of organizations. In this landmark book, renowned organizational theorist Thomas Malone, codirector of MIT's "Inventing the Organizations of the 21st Century" initiative, provides the first credible model for actually designing the company of the…
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Tom Malone has been the co-director of MIT’s “Inventing the Organizations of the 21st Century” initiative for more than two decades. He and his colleagues, I believe, have the best crystal ball for imagining how organizations will be designed and managed in the future.
This book foresees new ways of organizing, ranging from internal markets to collaborative communities to minimalist hierarchies. It explores the skills managers and leaders will need in the workplace of the future. Coupled with the rapid digitization currently experienced by many firms, leaders must learn how to collaborate both inside and outside their firms at digital…
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