Business Processes for a Distributed Learning Environment

The corporate environment has been changing drastically in recent years. New and more sophisticated manufacturing strategies, higher levels of quality demand or the appearance of small and medium sized companies on a global stage are some indications of the changes currently taking place. How can these changes, which sometimes seem to be very surprising, be explained? There are four major trends, which are currently influencing the global professional community, and the way business is carried out. These trends are affecting every company in one way or the other. They are leading to the necessity to change the process organization in order to gain efficiency and to increase the internal as well as external flexibility.