More on Tom Malone’s new book “The Future of Work”, this time from Fortune Magazine. According to the author, Malone expects that pervasive information technology will force businesses into becoming more democratic. Malone envisages four potential organizational models:
Loose hierarchies (e.g. open source)
Literal democracy – voting for your boss
Outsourcing through specialized guilds
Markets within organizations
I have not read Malone’s book yet, but it is now high on my to-do list. Via Stephen Downes, who makes this pertinent point in yesterday’s OLDaily – “… if democracy is actually the best form of governance, why don’t we use it in our institutions?”
