This paper describes an empirical assessment of several hypotheses ass
ociated with organization design in the context of new and flexible te
chnologies. Three distinct technologies were examined in four differen
t geographical locations in Sweden, France, and Canada. The hypotheses
illustrate how workplaces are being organized within the context of f
lexible, new technology, and the movement toward an emerging new parad
igm of work. Flexible, new technologies and this paradigm are entering
organizations at the same time. The former are changing the ground on
which assumptions underlying the emerging paradigm of organization ha
ve been built. Several of the hypotheses examined have been revised as
a consequence. The data from twelve companies are plotted on a matrix
of organization design principles against organization design impleme
ntation to illustrate changing organization design patterns as well as
geographic differences between the companies.