The structure of the modern organization resembles the flexible, interlinked web of a fishnet.  Unlike the rigid industrial-era  "pyramid" structure,  a "fishnet organization" is characterized by blurred company boundaries and borders.  Electronic information systems enable parts of the whole organization to communicate directly with each other, whereas the hierarchy wouldn't otherwise permit it (Davis, 1987).  The result is that the new organization is able to deal with changing roles, attitudes, expectations and cultures at a moments notice.