How does the text recommend that a company operate if it wants to be successful in the information age?

The answer is "Departmental interdependence".

Explanation:

In the given question some information is missing, that is an option, which can be described s follows:

A. Work independently across organizations.

B. Departmental interdependence.

C. As an individually small department or as a team.

D. Each organization functions as a separate business entity.

There are separate positions in each organization, but the departments can not actually interact with each other, in the hierarchical paradigm of interdependence and can not rely explicitly on each other, each division presents the same ultimate problem, and other choices were wrong, that is described as follows:

In option A, It is wrong because in the organization there are some protocol which will be followed by all. Option C and Option D both are wrong because each organization's function is not separated by the business entity, and it is not small.