James Drogan

The April 22 issue of The Economist contained a special report "Among the Audience: A survey of new media" that is recommended reading.

It seems to me that the report has an underlying focus on the relationship of media to the person and how that relationship is changing as media and the person undergo transformation caused by, on the one hand, technology, and on the other hand, learning and changing expectations on the part of the person.

But I wonder how this changing relationship will impact the businesses and organizations of which people are part.

I abstract a business management system for my students as

The new media, it seems to me, can dramatically affect this abstraction.  How that can occur and the resulting consequences would make for good discussion in my business classes.  Students be warned.