Abstract

By using a historical and economic, as well as managerial approach, the present essay aims to provide a reflection, through consolidated and new theories, starting from the Industrial Revolution until today, on how work and its organisation are changing due to the pandemic. In order to enrich the descriptive language itself, we will look for interpretative – even metaphorical – patterns that draw on multidisciplinary perspectives more capable of explaining the subject that expresses and reveals the object “organisationµ, by continuously relating the use of increasingly evolved tools – the dwelling of hybrid spaces, the articulation of meaning – starting from an intentional approach that makes all these elements material and symbolic. In this case: organisation. We will first analyse the two anthropological dimensions that place human action within its development: space and time. We will then activate a further line of investigation that analyses the relationship between two widely interacting dimensions: technology and the “human issueµ. We will therefore present an ontological scenario as regards the proper definition of contemporary organisation and its basic features. A scenario that also takes into account its concrete practicability in the economic and industrial, social, and anthropological context