realms which is a result of the dismantling of fixed boundaries around nations, cultures and economies. It implies an unprecedented level of nations economic activities (1999: 226). While there is much debate over benefits and detriments globalisation will have on the world, it is accepted that globalisation has, and is, taking place. Globalisation has countless affects on business organizations, including increasing the extent of competition as trade barriers are abolished; and generally widening the specific environment of an organization, from commonly being local organizations and events to possibly being worldwide influences.The exponential growth of technology as we enter the 21st century is indubitable. In the ten years clock speeds in personal computers have increased thirty- fold, 33 megahertz to 1000 megahertz. The increase in technology has inequitably changed the world. The average white-collar worker has a computer on his or her desk, and does not write anymore, rather types. Typing pools are things of the past. Large labour needs in manufacturing is also a things of the past, as tasks become automated. 60 people staff the 20,000 square foot factory that manufactures Lexus automobiles. Technology advances are constantly changing organizations.As organizations are open systems they have to adapt changes in the environment. This is done by the developing or changing of a organizations structure referred by Robbins et al. as organizational design (2000: 351). Globalisation has had many influences on organizational design. For example changes to base labour intense manufacturing processes in countries such as Mexico and China leaves nations like Australia with a more educated workforce. Often a university-educated person is in a job that twenty years ago, was filled by a worker with minimal formal education, who trained on the job. Thus the organization needs a less formalized structure to better utilize the know...
