Flexibility is becoming more important for organisations. Information technology (IT) has been proposed as a tool which can aid the attainment of flexibility. However, IT may also reduce an organisation's flexibility. In order to assess the extent to which IT enables or inhibits flexibility, a...

The networked organisation, or its successor, the nebulous organisation, is not just a future possibility. It already exists. We may have not noticed it by thinking that IT is the only influence in this direction. Philip Powell looks at other influences including different new technologies,...