In order to make clearer distinctions suggested above in Figure 1 and Table 2 are
shown as structure diagrams, respectively, of a grid of comparison, the main attributes of the
model of hierarchical organization and of non-hierarchical alternative, illustrated by other
two models :anarchical organization and the one centered on memory.
Corresponding to the functional criteria, the management practices in organizations
based on knowledge are those from generation V. It became clear that, given their specific
nature and configuration, irreducible to earlier forms, knowledge-based organizations can
not be managed by applying the principles and methods available in the industrial age.
Managers can not, simply continue doing what they knew and used to do in the
hierarchy environment , and for what they should do they need new skills; knowledge as
resource and organizational process requires a dedicated management type of intervention
that should be formalized and professionalized, excellence remaining, however, reserved for
those who practice it as vocation.