Object-oriented programming, 224-225, 301
O'Brien, William, 398
Occupationally based groups, 362
O'Donnell, Elisa, 221-249, 419
Oil crises, 6-7
OmniTRACS, 146
Operational effectiveness, 190-191, 196-202
Organizational Learning Center (OLC), 10
Organizations
community, 344
culture of, 143-144
Delta model and, 173-203
digitalization and, 144-157
direction of, 325-326
e-lancing and, 8-9, 103-114
employee's personal lives and, 329-330, 375-388
empowerment and, 49-69
environmental issues and, 326-327, 390-392
federal, 310
firm boundaries and, 25-48
flexible employment and, 356-358
functional hierarchy and, 4-5
function externalization and, 8-10
future prospects and, 415
groupware technology and, 265-281
guilds and, 353-374
horizontal expansion and, 180
humanism and, 397-399
increased competition and, 7-8
Interesting Organizations Project and, 133-159
inventing new, 165-168
IT and, 71-99 (see also Information technology (IT))
manifesto for, 325-332
naturalism and, 394-397
new business logic for, 399-408
New Economy and, 389-412 (see also New Economy)
new employment relationship and, 358-359
oil crises and, 6-7
Process Handbook and, 221-249, 251-264
scenario study and, 115-132
social issues and, 327-328, 330, 333-351
strategy and, 205-217 (see also Strategy)
streamlined, 356-358
supply chain design and, 205-217
sustainability and, 390-394
traditional, 355-356
transparency and, 405-408
20th-Century, 4-6
virtual countries and, 118-125
X-teams and, 283-296
Orlikowski, Wanda J., 166-167, 265-281, 325-332, 419
Osborn, Charles S., 221-249, 419
OSHA, 346
Otis Elevator Company, 58
Outsourcing, 210-211
Ownership
agency issues and, 38-41
alliances and, 36
contractual assets and, 36-38
employee, 123-124
inside contracting and, 35-36
integration, 36-38
market monitoring and, 41-42
virtual companies and, 37