THE AGILE ENTERPRISE - ASSESSING THE TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT ISSUES

Research into the virtual business organization suggests that what are currently held to be examples of virtual business activity do not in fact constitute a new business model. This paper outlines the differen t models of virtual business organization in the literature and descri bes the enterprise web as an agile enterprise model, that allows compa nies to rapidly adopt and exploit the latest technologies and processe s. The paper assesses the agile enterprise web as a new organizational paradigm, and identifies some of the dominant technology management i ssues that will determine the success of this organizational model.