【每日德鲁克】2026年5月2日

2 May

The Network Society

The developed countries are moving fast toward a Network Society.

For well over a hundred years, all developed countries were moving steadily toward an employee society of organizations. Now the developed countries, with the United States in the lead, are moving fast toward a Network Society in respect to the relationship between organizations and individuals who work for them, and in respect to the relationships between different organizations.

Most adults in the U.S. labor force do work for an organization. But increasingly they are not employees of that organization. They are contractors, part-timers, temporaries. And relations between organizations are changing just as fast as the relations between organizations and the people who work for them.

The most visible example is "outsourcing," in which a company, a hospital, or a government agency turns over an entire activity to an independent firm that specializes in that kind of work. Even more important may be the trend toward alliances. Individual professionals and executives will have to learn that they must take responsibility for placing themselves. This means above all they must know their strengths and look upon themselves as "products" that have to be marketed.

5月2日

网络社会

发达国家正在迅速迈向网络社会。

在过去一百多年里，所有发达国家都在稳步走向一个以组织为基础的“雇员社会”。而现在，以美国为首的发达国家，正在迅速向“网络社会”转变——无论是在组织与个人之间的关系，还是在组织与组织之间的关系上。

美国劳动力中的大多数成年人确实在为某个组织工作。但越来越多的人并不是该组织的正式员工，而是承包者、兼职人员或临时人员。组织之间的关系变化，同样迅速地发生着。

最明显的例子是“外包”，即公司、医院或政府机构把整个业务交给专门从事该领域的独立机构。更为重要的趋势可能是联盟。专业人士和管理者必须学会为自己的定位负责。这首先意味着，他们必须了解自己的优势，并把自己视为需要“被营销的产品”。