Virtual Organization: Toward a Theory of Societal Transformation Stimulated by Information Technology

2003 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 575-577
Author(s):  
John W. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Virtual Organization ◽  
Societal Transformation

scholarly journals ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES BASED ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (26) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiril Postolov ◽  
Andrijana Ristovska ◽  
Snezana Bardarova
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Virtual Organization ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Mutual Trust ◽  
Organizational Models ◽  
Excellent Performance ◽  
The Core ◽  
The Republic

New organizational structures which are based on informatics, are new organizational models that use technology to dynamically connect people, resources and ideas. That is, the core of the enterprise network, which creates the opportunities and risks of products and services, and such a commitment to a virtual organization has no boundaries. For the success of the concept it is necessary: mutual trust, high technology, as well as the pursuit of excellent performance and perfect satisfaction of customers' needs. Today, companies can not afford to work for themselves, and in this way they get the opportunity to orient themselves to their basic strategy, ie. its realization and its combination with the basic strategies of other companies. A system that should support state structures in the Republic of North Macedonia, especially in the legal regulation of the conclusion of agreements and monitoring the implementation of the agreement in a virtual organization, which is its most important part. With the efficiency and speed of the Macedonian judiciary, one should be cautious in implementing the organization.

Virtualization as a Process of Transformation of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Global Virtual Organization

2011 ◽  
pp. 1517-1530
Author(s):  
Jerzy Kisielnicki
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Virtual Organization ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Virtual Organizations ◽  
Construction Enterprise ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Medium Enterprises

The chapter is devoted to the subject the transformation of SMEs due to the application of Information Technology (IT). These enterprises, despite their significant position in local economies, had limited possibilities while competing with large-scale enterprises (LSE) on the global market. Consequently, their role more and more often was reduced to the role of satellites. The use of IT has allowed SMEs to transform into virtual organizations and in this form succeed in the global market. The author has focused on the analysis of the following problems: virtualization as a direction of the development of SME, analysis of its strengths and weaknesses, and new opportunities and risks face medium-scale small construction enterprise that, by using information technology and creating a virtual organization, was able to defeat a large-scale enterprise (LSE) in an international tender for construction of a hotel complex.

Networked Experiments in Global E-Science

2011 ◽  
pp. 615-625
Author(s):  
Diego Liberati
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Virtual Organization ◽  
Technical Solution ◽  
Scientific Experiments ◽  
Organization Models

In current economic and scientific scenarios, interactions and organization models tend to be more and more oriented to flexibility of relationships, heterogeneity of elements, and collaboration among divisions. A possible approach, which is a technical solution and an organizing paradigm at the same time, is based on the concept of Virtual Organization. This paper, starting from the Virtual Organization paradigm and from workflows, shows an approach to the definition and execution of distributed scientific experiments as set of services executed on distributed collaborating sites at different heterogeneous organizations. The focus is on flexibility, reuse, orchestration, collaboration, and interoperability of services within a cooperation process. The workflow of the experiment can be specified by actors with low information technology but high domain knowledge. The context of the work is e-Science, in particular, bioinformatics, but the presented concepts can be easily generalized and extended to other classes of business interaction.

Virtual Corporations

2011 ◽  
pp. 3992-3996
Author(s):  
Sixto Jesús Arjonilla-Domínguez ◽  
José Aurelio Medina-Garrido
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Organization Theory ◽  
Virtual Organization ◽  
Future Trends ◽  
The Third ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
New Type ◽  
Function Information

At the end of the 20th century, many authors tried to predict what new structures companies would be likely to adopt in the 21st century. Now, in the 21st century a clear tendency is emerging: the virtual organization (Agrawal & Hurriyet, 2004; Alsop, 2003; Bekkers, 2003; Camarinha-Matos & Afsarmanesh, 2005; Heneman & Greenberger, 2002; Lee, Cheung, Lau, & Choy, 2003; Talukder, 2003; Vakola & Wilson, 2004). This type of organization offers the most promising response to an increasingly complex business reality. In this respect, current organization theory is beginning to change its focus to new, flexible, and virtual organizational forms. This article is organized as follows: The background section defines different concepts of virtual organization. The first model equates the virtual corporation to a temporary network of firms that quickly comes together to exploit temporary market opportunities. The second model focuses on the manufacture of virtual products by means of stable and trusting relationships with suppliers and customers. The third model of virtual corporation tries to turn the fixed workforce costs into variable costs. The third section points out the shared characteristics of this type of organization and the role of the manufacturing function, information and information technology, the network structure, and a new type of worker. The final sections discuss future trends and our conclusions.

Virtual Organization

2011 ◽  
pp. 3997-4003
Author(s):  
James J. Lee ◽  
Ben B. Kim
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Virtual Organization ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Widespread Implementation ◽  
Provision Of Services ◽  
Modern Business ◽  
A Company

Virtual organization has been well documented as both a tool for organizations to seek further profitability through the removal of traditional barriers, as well as a method to extend the provision of services to clientele in a manner previously achievable by only large, multinational corporations (Markus 2000). The widespread implementation of information technology and its many applications in modern business has moved the act of management towards a virtual focus, where managers are able to complete tasks through the use of teams in varying physical locations, with members that may or may not be employees of that firm, sharing a wide variety of data and information. With so many companies now employing virtual organization techniques, referring to a company as “virtual” or to its components as possessing “virtuality” lacks the clarity and specificity needed when using these firms as examples for others. The variety of methods through which a firm can achieve virtuality represents a span nearly as wide as the business community itself.

Virtualization as a Process of Transformation of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Global Virtual Organization

2011 ◽  
pp. 184-205
Author(s):  
Jerzy Kisielnicki
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Virtual Organization ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Virtual Organizations ◽  
Construction Enterprise ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Medium Enterprises

The chapter is devoted to the subject the transformation of SMEs due to the application of Information Technology (IT). These enterprises, despite their significant position in local economies, had limited possibilities while competing with large-scale enterprises (LSE) on the global market. Consequently, their role more and more often was reduced to the role of satellites. The use of IT has allowed SMEs to transform into virtual organizations and in this form succeed in the global market. The author has focused on the analysis of the following problems: virtualization as a direction of the development of SME, analysis of its strengths and weaknesses, and new opportunities and risks face medium-scale small construction enterprise that, by using information technology and creating a virtual organization, was able to defeat a large-scale enterprise (LSE) in an international tender for construction of a hotel complex.

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