Organisational change through collaborative learning in a network form

In view of the changing nature of organisations, their structures and proce sses, managing organisational change is seen to be an ongoing challenge. In this paper, organisational learning is considered to be a potent force tha t drives organisational change. The use of an electronic group communicatio n system supporting a distributed work process is explored in a network for m of organisation. Following an analysis of the patterns of behaviour that occur within an evolving electronic social space, this paper concludes with a discussion of the implications for managing change through learning in a network form of organisation.