From Distributed Production Control to Disseminated Production Management

The consensus in the management literature is that traditional models of analysing the structure of organisations are increasingly unsuitable. It is argued in the paper that non-hierarchical managerial systems have already evolved in many manufacturing organisations, although this may not always be apparent to the indigent management. The use of object-oriented programming methodologies matches the structures of the evolving organisation. The paper uses a case study of production management to illustrate the ideas presented.