E-Model of Organization

Abstract

The article describes a new model of organization, i.e. E-model typical of economy of knowledge and its initial stage, digital economy. The author characterized economy of the new type, described in detail transformation in its traditional economic categories, such as labour, property, competition, production, consumption, etc, which in its turn gives birth to changes in the organizational model. The article underlines that business-ecosystems become key forms of new economy, therefore, it becomes very important for organizations to be able either to develop their own ecosystems or to integrate into existing ones. For this end they shall form an eco-systemic or E-model. The author highlighted that hierarchy in this case is not fundamental, as its base is made up by team creation of value for the customer. To build this model the organization shall seriously transform its key characteristics: goals, organizational structure and form, system and technology of management, corporate culture, etc. Apart from that ecosystem organizations shall be characterized by continuous introduction and application of various innovation and have flexible specialization. And finally, the author plots a target function of E-model organization and forecasts possibilities of its further development.