TWO
A Changing World
New Kinds of Organizations, New Kinds of Teams
WALK INTO MANY BUSINESSES TODAY and you’ll see an organization that resembles neither the hierarchical behemoths of a decade ago nor the companies in which the “organization man” of the 1950s worked.1 Instead of organizational charts with arrows pointing from the boss’s name down to row upon row of reportees, today the lines may radiate out horizontally or circularly, illustrating cooperative rather than linear reporting relationships. Even the look and feel of companies, from software firms to banks to small businesses, has loosened up. The boss’s corner office might now house a communal room with sofas and tables where small groups collaborate; her designated parking spot ...
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