Some organizations are paring down to a critical core and outsourcing all else. This has created a host of small office and home office consulting groups, and draws as well upon the capabilities of larger, specialized firms. Enterprises are rapidly changing size to adapt. Some enterprises are becoming smaller while others are expanding. Some are organizing themselves around project-oriented network models while others are consolidating and crystallizing their structures.
People have the option of working remotely.
Technology is making it possible to perform a number of tasks from remote locations instead of from centralized offices. People can now work and have access to tremendous amounts of information on the road or from home or other remote sites. Continued investment in technology is requisite for competitiveness. Many analysts and MIS directors have complained that there is no way to quantify technology's return on investment and therefore that the decade of spending on systems and upgrades has been useless. This is nonsense.