The Implications ofStrategy on Structure
Organizations most likely to succeed during this storm of change are those willing to take a new look at the way they do business, particularly their work-force structure.
Traditional hierarchical corporate structure is permanent, structured and rigid. A new, more effective model is the Fishnet model created by Robert Johanson of the Institute for the Future. The Fishnet organization is flexible—able to form and reform various patterns of relationship among managers and workers. Events either external or internal that create challenges or opportunities are known as “spikes” in the Fishnet model. Companies respond to the spikes by building teams of diverse workers to reach the organization’s immediate goals, ...
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