IT - Revolutions in the industry: From the command economy to the enetworked industrial ecosystem

This paper explores the transition from the command & control (C2) structure and culture of the traditional hierarchy - as backbone of last Centurypsilas Industrial Revolution - towards the eNetworked Industrial Ecosystem - as backbone for this Centurypsilas on-going IT-Revolution. Socio-cultural and economic contextual variables that may help or hinder the implementation of a heterarchical organization driven by responsible autonomy, are analyzed underlining the paradox hidden in the dasiaemergentpsila nature of an eNetworked organization. We illustrate how, within the classical dasiatop-downpsila managerial approach, the very power of initiative that can leverage dasiabottom-uppsila clustering of resources to address dynamic organizational goals is hindered to conclude that a deep culture of trust and collaboration can unleash this power enabling the untapped dasiamysterypsila of complexity to be used as a competitive advantage.