In the autonomy-driven corporation, technology is seen as a tool for making individuals more productive. You are expected to produce designs in less time, handle more accounts, and run more tests per hour. Teamwork is situational. In the control-driven corporation, technology often is used either to constrain and control people or to replace them all together. The higher-ups carefully track individual activities or get rid of typists by giving every executive a word processor.
Teamwork is scripted, and doing one's own thing is suspect.
A cooperation-driven corporation views technology in an entirely different way. Its overarching purpose is to enhance group performance, celebrate flexibility, and create a tempo that is electric. But, there is more to creating a cooperation-driven work environment than just installing the right software. Nonaka's findings speak directly to the changes in corporate structures that we are witnessing today. It is worth asking why this change has occurred.