How will the organization as we know it survive - let alone succeed - in the face of increased global competition, rapid changes in technology, and new social and political trends and values? What new strategies will managers need to embrace in order for their organizations to maintain continuity and purpose?

The Twenty-First Century Organization offers fresh insights to help managers, planners, and policy makers in both government and business keep a competitive edge in an uncertain future - and design organizations and institutions that meet tomorrow's realities. The book reveals six important trends that are shaping the way organizations are evolving and presents scenarios that these and other events may bring about in the future.

Drawing on his forty plus years of experience in analyzing and helping organizations plan for the future, Guy Benveniste offers a novel framework to help meet the challenge of increasing global competition for the new ideas needed to keep organizations innovative; use today's educated and professional labor pool more effectively; reduce the social consequences of constant organizational changes, vast movements of people and goods, and inevitable technological transformations; understand the impact of women on organizational culture and their role in the organization of the future; recognize the consequences of radical innovations in communication and other information technologies; discover how private organizations can regulate themselves (thus saving much of the costs associated with external government regulators); enhance the lives of those within the organization, rather than merely providing jobs and work.