En un mundo en red se necesitan gestores de redes (organizaciones “plug and play”: complejas e integradas por agentes libres, distribuidos y con múltiples conexiones débiles). Pero la mayoría de gestores han sido entrenados para gestionar organizaciones jerarquizadas. Se necesitan nuevos modelos educativos que formen a estos gestores del siglo XXI. Lo explica Bruce Nussbaum en Plug and Play Management--The Next Core Competence:
Let's talk management for a moment. I'm beginning to hear it again and again--managing networks is becoming THE critical skill for the global corporation. Forget managing all those "direct reports." That's so 20th century. But leading teams and being a great coach is no longer sufficient either. As corporations disaggregate and use networks of scientists, ethnographers, engineers and ideation people all over the world to innovate and create new products, as they outsource manufacturing and much of commodity services to Asia, they are moving beyond the "flattening" stage of organization. They are becoming more porous, looser, faster and way more flexible. The networked corporation is replacing the post-pyramidal, hierarchical flattened business organization.
We are entering a plug-and-play corporate organizational model. The ability to create and manage networks is therefore becoming increasingly important.
Which B-School is teaching these kinds of management skills?