Business Without Boundaries
An Action Framework for Collaborating Across Time, Distance, Organization, and Culture
Chapter One
Introduction
Business Without Boundaries
in the New Global Economy
People have worked together from the beginnings of civilization,
and the forms of collaboration have barely changed since that time.
Although a group of laborers building the pyramids of Egypt may
seem to bear little resemblance to a team of machine operators
working in a plant, the two groups actually have much in common.
Both are made up of people of similar backgrounds, with clear loyalties
and interests, interacting face to face to perform relatively
well defined tasks in pursuit of a shared goal.
But things have changed in recent years. New technologies have
made the world a smaller place and altered the nature of work. Competition
and markets have become global, and knowledge is now the
most important resource for organizations trying to make their way
through an increasingly complex world. As a result, traditional forms
of collaboration are no longer sufficient for competing effectively in
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