Editing Virtual organization (section)

===1980s ===

The emergence of [[outsourcing]] in the 80s unquestionably played a significant role as its aim is to eradicate unproductive internal services and transfers the difficulty outside of the organization.<ref name="VOSP">[https://books.google.com/books?id=r9aURz8Kk0AC&pg=PA196] Afsarmanesh, H., Camarinha-Matos, L. and Ollus, M., 2005. Virtual Organizations: Systems and Practises. Boston: Springer Science + Business Media.</ref> Outsourcing necessarily implies partnerships as companies resort to other establishments. Thus, this method highlighted the necessity of alliances and [[Business networking|networking]] in a business and provoked a great interest for new disciplines. Indeed, this process has dramatically changed the way organizations consider partners and has raised their awareness concerning the benefits smart alliances can offer.<ref name=VOSP/> Though, until the early 1980s, this extremely bureaucratic organization arrangement (involving challenging, complex and slower decision-making) was considered adequate to manage a vast number of employees.<ref name="refbiz">[http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/management/Tr-Z/Virtual-Organizations.html] Thomas, G., n.d. Virtual Organizations [online] Accessible at: <http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/management/Tr-Z/Virtual-Organizations.html> [Accessed 14 October]</ref>