Morphology

Abstract

I mentioned in the Introduction that technology today evolves quickly and that management of technology evolves more slowly. The rather indirect association to biology was intentional. Technology language today has adopted many terms from the biological sciences, some of which we are unfortunately only too aware of, for example, viruses. We can continue the metaphor to good effect here by using the concept of morphology, or the analysis of form and structure, to help us begin to think about how a fast moving organism like financial services can be controlled and managed effectively by a slow moving one like management theory.