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Professional Adhocracy, an Appropriate Design for Knowledge Economy in the Light of Mintzberg's Perspective

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  • Ali Asghar Pourezzat

    (University of Tehran, Iran)

  • Ghazaleh Taheri Attar

    (Allame Tabatabaei University, Iran)

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Success in the economy of digital age requires special capabilities. These capacities would be able to make the limited economical resources into valuable products. Among future limitations, limitation of super-specialized and expert human resources is very important and determining. Super-specialized human resources are considered as strategic factors and the structure of future organizations should be designed in a way to best utilize the capability of these resources. Therefore, the main problem of future organizations is exploiting and utilizing the knowledge of super-specialized human resources. In this regard, combining the flexibility of adhocratic organizations and expertise-oriented credit of professional bureaucratic tried to design a relatively appropriate structure in the light of Mintzberg’s perspective in order to succeed in future age or the knowledge-oriented age of digital economy.

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  • Ali Asghar Pourezzat & Ghazaleh Taheri Attar, 2009. "Professional Adhocracy, an Appropriate Design for Knowledge Economy in the Light of Mintzberg's Perspective," Journal of Electronic Commerce in Organizations (JECO), IGI Global, vol. 7(4), pages 1-20, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jeco00:v:7:y:2009:i:4:p:1-20
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