The intelligent organization: some observations and alternative views

Recent papers by G.P. Huber (1984) and by G.P. Huber and R. McDaniel (1986) have provided an excellent discussion of the forces that will determine the characteristics of the surviving firms in what is becoming known as the postindustrial age. Their picture of the organization of the future defines what has come to be known as the intelligent organization. The authors analyze and expand this concept of the intelligent organization. They utilize the framework developed in the Huber-McDaniel papers in combination with the traditional models of microeconomics to make several observations that they fell clarify some of the interactions between the design characteristics of a firm and its environment.<>