Managerial and organizational integration needs arising out of technical change and U.K. commercial structures Part III: Managerial and organizational integration within the organic enterprise

Abstract

These series of papers examine the importance of, and need for, managerial and organizational integration both as a systematic response to technical change and also as a positive feature irrespective of technical change. This paper is the third part of four interconnected articles. An earlier paper provided an introductory overview of the issues to be addressed and suggested a framework for considering integration issues in relation to product and process change. The second paper examined the potential of new technologies in demanding new organizational and managerial structures, against the backdrop of contemporary British managerial difficulties. Here we examine (i) the nature and requirements of the “organic enterprise” in contradistinction to more rigid hierarchies and (ii) the educational and training needs, beyond present patterns of provision. Part IV will examine remaining policy issues and related organizational questions.