| Authors: Baskerville, R. Date: 1998 Title: “Accelerating Organizational Emergence” Journal: Telecooperation, Proceedings of the XV. IFIP World Computer Congress Pages: 403-408 |
| virtual organization, virtual workplace, virtual team, virtual enterprise |
| Three distinct concepts are central to virtual organization: the virtual workplace, the virtual team and the virtual enterprise. The virtual workplace exists in the imagination of the workers. The virtual team exists only in its potential to become real. The virtual enterprise is a quickly assembled and potentially short-lived collaboration between corporations. The idea of a virtual organization is sometimes conflated with heavy use of productivity IT. The social impact of virtual organization is an important issue. Ultimately, the goal of virtual organization is quick change: enabling the organization to emerge more rapidly in order to better adapt to its environment. |