TOMORROW'S CORPORATION 

JUST AS THE CATERPILLAR CONVERTS INTO A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY, SO WILL THE CUMBERSOME INDUSTRIAL-AGE CORPORATION WE HAVE GROWN TO HATE, CHANGE INTO A MORE GRACEFUL ORGANIZATION. NOT EVERY CORPORATE C.E.O. NECESSARILY WANTS IT THAT WAY. BUT CORPORATIONS WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT METAMORPHOSIS TO SURVIVE -- JUST LIKE THE CATERPILLAR.

THE LABOR CONTENT IN BUSINESS OPERATIONS IS QUICKLY DECREASING. COMPANIES MUST ADOPT NEW FORMS. IN MANY WAYS, THIS NEW FORM RESEMBLES A MOBILE AND DIFFERS VASTLY FROM THE HEAVY AND RIGID PYRAMID STRUCTURE SO FAMILIAR IN THE PAST.

THE NEW CORPORATE MOBILE IS WHAT MAY SPRING FORTH FROM THE CRUMBLING PYRAMID. EVEN A DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW FORM DEMANDS A DIFFERENT STYLE. WITH FEWER BUT MORE PRODUCTIVE EMPLOYEES, SUCH AN ORGANIZATIONAL FORM WILL ALLOW MANY NEW AGE COMPANIES TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE IN AN ELECTRONIC ENVIRONMENT.

INCOME LEVELS FOR THOSE INVOLVED WITH SUCH COMPANIES WILL RISE SUBSTANTIALLY AS BUSINESS VOLUME PER CORPORATE MEMBER, MOVES OVER $100,000 AND, IN SOME CASES, RISES TOWARDS THE $500,000 LEVEL. NEW AGE COMPANIES, SUCH AS BORLAND SOFTWARE OF CALIFORNIA, ARE ALREADY THERE. IN CANADA, MACDONALD DETTWILER OF RICHMOND, B.C., IS WELL ON THE ROAD TO APPROACHING THAT HEADY RANGE.

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