Grenoble Graduate School of Business: Organizational Behavior AssignmentImpact of Information Technologies on LeadershipA short survey of E-LeadershipPatrick PetitFaculty Lecturer: Carmelo Mazza professor at Grenoble Graduate School of BusinessKey Words: Leadership, Executives, Information Technology, Organizational behavior, e-business, eleadership,Industrial Age, Information Age, Participation AgeNumber of Words not including references: 967IntroductionBusiness conduct in the workplace has been deeply transformed in less than a decade by theinformation technology revolution of the Internet and the World Wide Web. Organizations modeledon the industrial age paradigm of control and hierarchy have been replaced by a network ofdecentralized and agile functional groups, which can adapt their structure and direction fast enough toaccommodate the continuously changing needs of the e-business economy. This radical changesuggests that managers have been facing a serious discontinuity challenge in the way organizationsare managed today, which has resulted in the emergence of a new leadership style called the eleadershipor the virtual leader.
The goal of this short essay is to underline the motivation and main attributes of the e-leadership styleand describe how it has deeply affected the transformation process of the leaders of the e-businesseconomy.
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