What has changed in the last 40years in management of organizations.

Organizations are organized based upon what they are trying to accomplish. Organizing is one of the basic functions of management. What an organization is trying to accomplish is their strategy or business model. Many management theories believe that organizations strategy and subsequently its structure should be centered upon its competitive advantage. In the 1980s Michael Porter proposed that all competitive strategies generate from a small group of basic generic strategies. His Theory of Competitive Advantage has been a mainstay in management practices for almost forty years. Recently, some researches have proposed that technology and the rapidly changing environment organizations must navigate calls for different business models. Below are links to two articles. One gives us the basic description of the generic strategies (the original book is over 800 pages). The second takes a new look and disputes parts of Porter’s work. Do Porter’s Generic Strategies still apply today? After reading the articles you may wish to do some research of your own. Reflect on the question. What has changed in the last forty years and is the question valid. Make sure you support your statements.The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy-1 How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy-1