This document summarizes a research study on the relationship between corporate culture, innovation, and reward systems in small firms. The study found that corporate cultures supporting innovation through values like accepting failure can be reinforced by appropriate reward systems. A survey of 68 small firms in India found statistically significant relationships between cultural features encouraging innovation and innovation-linked rewards and compensation elements. The document concludes that corporate culture and reward systems can both encourage and sustain innovation in organizations if aligned properly.
The purpose of this study is to enhance the understanding of the relationship between Lean’s soft factors on Lean’s hard factors and operational excellence of Malaysia manufacturing companies. The study will focus on deployment within Lean’s hard factors included the Lean operation and Lean supply chain under Lean deployment.
The purpose of this study is to enhance the understanding of the relationship between Lean’s soft factors on Lean’s hard factors and operational excellence of Malaysia manufacturing companies. The study will focus on deployment within Lean’s hard factors included the Lean operation and Lean supply chain under Lean deployment.
A Study on Impact of Internal Mobility on Organisational Performance: A Case ...IJLT EMAS
Over a time, manufacturing Industry in India is essentially an outstanding amongst the most well-known enterprises in Indian market. Manufacturing is the producing of goods and a service using labor and other machinery tools this helps to understand the organization performance directly or indirectly has an impact on internal mobility of an employee. Internal mobility mainly tells that relying upon worker's expertise skill and prerequisites with the toss of the employment with organizational commitment and the change in job structure, job design occurs with or without raise in the salary. Organization performance which has many factors which influence the performance but internal mobility is also a supporting factor which has an impact in achieving the vision of the company. This gives an understanding that apart from providing all the necessary facility and good working culture, healthy promotion and transfer employee exit rates are increasing. Thus, internal mobility is most preferable objective to success which implies observable career accomplishments such as promotion, transfer & hierarchical level held and salary. In future to achieve internal mobility, company should adapt the principle of succession management at all ranks, provide transparent discussion of skill and the potential, as well as organizational needs. The reason for this would the favoritism and lack of recognition which is making an employee dissatisfaction towards their organization by this I conclude that the unfair or unethical practices in organization with respect to the internal mobility in the future periods make employee unhappy this is one of the reason to leave an organization which creates a huge impact in the organization performance
Implications Of Human Resource Variables On Supply Chain Performance And Comp...CSCJournals
This paper proposes a conceptual model indicating the effect of Human Resource (HR) variables on supply chain (SC) performance and to suggest best approach suited for Indian manufacturing organizations, in general, and automotive industries, in particular. This study is a part of a larger research project exploring SC related practices. The methodology of critical evaluation involved literature review of empirical research articles on performance measurement, SCM and HR practices. A critical analysis is carried out so as to identify research gaps in content of effect of HR on performance measurement of supply chains, as well as to propose directions for future research. A conceptual model is also proposed. Critical investigation of selected articles led to an idea that there can be significant effect of the role of human involvement on overall SC Performance. It is to be seen that how various parameters, taken from the literature review, affect SC performance and ultimately contributing to its competitiveness. The study is limited to supply chains of the automotive industries and their ancillaries located in Malwa region of M.P., India. Further research can be carried out by using data of various supply chains located in other parts of India to generalize the research. Also, other sectors and industries can be included.
The study presents a conceptual framework showing the moderating role of technological turbulence on the relationship between total quality management and firms performance. Literature was reviewed before arriving at the proposed conceptual framework. From the model, it is proposed that the relationship between total quality management and organizational performance will be stronger when technological turbulence is supportive and taken in to consideration by Nigerian banking industry. Organizations that leverages on opportunities that evolves around its external environment in terms of change in technology has an edge in attaining competitive edge and improving performance of their organizations more efficiently and effectively than competitors do.
Purpose – This study aims to analyze the relationship between Innovativeness to Firm
Performance, IT Capability to Innovativeness, IT Capability to Firm Performance. This study also tests whether
IT Capability can be an Innovativeness moderator of Firm Performance
This paper illustrates the similarities between the problems of customer churn and employee turnover. An example of employee turnover prediction model leveraging classical machine learning techniques is developed. Model outputs are then discussed to design \& test employee retention policies. This type of retention discussion is, to our knowledge, innovative and constitutes the main value of this paper.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI)inventionjournals
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
The Effectiveness of Virtual R&D Teams in SMEs: Experiences of Malaysian SMEsNader Ale Ebrahim
The number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), especially those involved with research and development (R&D) programs and employed virtual teams to create the greatest competitive advantage from limited labor are increasing. Global and localized virtual R&D teams are believed to have high potential for the growth of SMEs. Due to the fast-growing complexity of new products coupled with new emerging opportunities of virtual teams, a collaborative approach is believed to be the future trend. This research explores the effectiveness of virtuality in SMEs’ virtual R&D teams. Online questionnaires were emailed to Malaysian manufacturing SMEs and 74 usable questionnaires were received, representing a 20.8 percent return rate. In order to avoid biases which may result from pre-suggested answers, a series of open-ended questions were retrieved from the experts. This study was focused on analyzing an open-ended question, whereby four main themes were extracted from the experts’ recommendations regarding the effectiveness of virtual teams for the growth and performance of SMEs. The findings of this study would be useful to product design managers of SMEs in order to realize the key advantages and significance of virtual R&D teams during the new product development (NPD) process. This in turn, leads to increased effectiveness in new product development's procedure.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI)inventionjournals
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
The digital transformation significantly changes
the traditional way of how organizations manage their
human resources. Besides the automation of HRM
processes, information technologies also have increasing
impact on the talent management process, such as
employee attraction, selection and hiring, workforce
planning, engagement and performance management,
training and development, health and safety, and retention
management, all prompting a focus on redesigning the
organization around teams, implementing analytics and
organizational network analysis and driving a global focus
on diversity, culture, learning, and careers. The aim of this
study is to get insights in the consequences of a digital
HRM solution for an organization and its business
performance. A structured questionnaire was used for the
study. Data was collected from 75 respondents. The
findings of the study conclude that on the 15 statements
which were identified the responses to majority of these
factors showed a significant difference.
IJRET : International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology is an international peer reviewed, online journal published by eSAT Publishing House for the enhancement of research in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology. The aim and scope of the journal is to provide an academic medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level learning, teaching and research in the fields of Engineering and Technology. We bring together Scientists, Academician, Field Engineers, Scholars and Students of related fields of Engineering and Technology.
Idiosyncratic Effect of Corporate Solvency Management Strategies on Corporate...IOSR Journals
The study identifies and evaluates the association among corporate solvency management strategies and the corporate performance valuation in Chemical industry of Pakistan. The study uses purposive sampling or judgmental sampling for selecting 30 sample companies from the sector; covering 10 years financial statements data ranging from year 2002 to 2011. Balanced panel data is taken for the purpose of study. Levin, Lin & Chu test is used to check the stationarity of data whereas White Test is used to check the heteroskedasticity of data. Panel Least square technique with fixed effects is used to generalize the relationship between studied variables. The study observed that the performance of the chemical sector in terms of market to book value is affected by internal firm and industry specific factors related to solvency management strategic decisions. Findings of the study provide with the overview of historic performance and the potential performance of the selected sector to help policy makers including finance, economics and industry experts for creating value through the idiosyncratic resources.
The Effect of Information Technology and Total Quality Management on Organiza...Sigit Sanjaya
This study discovers the effect of information technology (IT) and total quality management (TQM) on organizational performance. The unit of analysis is state-owned enterprises in Padang city, Indonesia. The study utilized primary data which is obtained through the questionnaire. Total sampling is used in this study. 90 questionnaires were returned as a final sample. Data were analyzed by multiple regression analysis performed by SPSS 25 software. The result shows that IT has a positive and significant effect on organizational performance. TQM has a positive and significant effect on organizational performance.
The Impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Business Performance: A Study of...ijtsrd
The present study aims to examine the impact of entrepreneurial orientation on business performance of 30 horticulture related firms in Kashmir. The entrepreneurial orientation is measured by five dimensions identified from the literature on the subject and financial performance; a dependent variable, is treated as a measurement for business performance. The correlation and regression analysis was used to analyze the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and business performance of the sampled firms. Sameer Ahmad Shalla"The Impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Business Performance: A Study of SMEs in Horticulture Sector" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-1 | Issue-5 , August 2017, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd2291.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/management/strategic-management/2291/the-impact-of-entrepreneurial-orientation-on-business-performance-a-study-of-smes-in-horticulture-sector/sameer-ahmad-shalla
A new fuzzy dematel todim hybrid method for evaluation criteria of knowledge ...ijmvsc
Knowledge management (KM) adoption in the supply chain network needs a good investment as well as
few changes in the culture of the entire SC. Knowledge management is the process of creating,
distributing and transferring information. The goal of this study is to Rank KM criteria in supply chain
network in Iran which is important for firms these days. Criterion used in this paper were extracted from
the literature review and were confirmed by supply chain experts. The proposed approach for ranking and
finding out about these criterion is hybrid fuzzy DEMATEL-TODIM, with using fuzzy number as data for
our studies we could avoid uncertainty. The data was gathered from PhD. And Ms. Students in industrial
engineering of Kharrazmi university of Tehran and PhD. And Ms. Students of the management department
of Semnan university. A new hybrid approach was used for achieving the results of this study. This new
hybrid approach ranks data criteria respect to each other, then by using TODIM for ranking respect to
the best situation (gains), the rates of criterion were determined which is a very important advantage.
A Study on Impact of Internal Mobility on Organisational Performance: A Case ...IJLT EMAS
Over a time, manufacturing Industry in India is essentially an outstanding amongst the most well-known enterprises in Indian market. Manufacturing is the producing of goods and a service using labor and other machinery tools this helps to understand the organization performance directly or indirectly has an impact on internal mobility of an employee. Internal mobility mainly tells that relying upon worker's expertise skill and prerequisites with the toss of the employment with organizational commitment and the change in job structure, job design occurs with or without raise in the salary. Organization performance which has many factors which influence the performance but internal mobility is also a supporting factor which has an impact in achieving the vision of the company. This gives an understanding that apart from providing all the necessary facility and good working culture, healthy promotion and transfer employee exit rates are increasing. Thus, internal mobility is most preferable objective to success which implies observable career accomplishments such as promotion, transfer & hierarchical level held and salary. In future to achieve internal mobility, company should adapt the principle of succession management at all ranks, provide transparent discussion of skill and the potential, as well as organizational needs. The reason for this would the favoritism and lack of recognition which is making an employee dissatisfaction towards their organization by this I conclude that the unfair or unethical practices in organization with respect to the internal mobility in the future periods make employee unhappy this is one of the reason to leave an organization which creates a huge impact in the organization performance
Implications Of Human Resource Variables On Supply Chain Performance And Comp...CSCJournals
This paper proposes a conceptual model indicating the effect of Human Resource (HR) variables on supply chain (SC) performance and to suggest best approach suited for Indian manufacturing organizations, in general, and automotive industries, in particular. This study is a part of a larger research project exploring SC related practices. The methodology of critical evaluation involved literature review of empirical research articles on performance measurement, SCM and HR practices. A critical analysis is carried out so as to identify research gaps in content of effect of HR on performance measurement of supply chains, as well as to propose directions for future research. A conceptual model is also proposed. Critical investigation of selected articles led to an idea that there can be significant effect of the role of human involvement on overall SC Performance. It is to be seen that how various parameters, taken from the literature review, affect SC performance and ultimately contributing to its competitiveness. The study is limited to supply chains of the automotive industries and their ancillaries located in Malwa region of M.P., India. Further research can be carried out by using data of various supply chains located in other parts of India to generalize the research. Also, other sectors and industries can be included.
The study presents a conceptual framework showing the moderating role of technological turbulence on the relationship between total quality management and firms performance. Literature was reviewed before arriving at the proposed conceptual framework. From the model, it is proposed that the relationship between total quality management and organizational performance will be stronger when technological turbulence is supportive and taken in to consideration by Nigerian banking industry. Organizations that leverages on opportunities that evolves around its external environment in terms of change in technology has an edge in attaining competitive edge and improving performance of their organizations more efficiently and effectively than competitors do.
Purpose – This study aims to analyze the relationship between Innovativeness to Firm
Performance, IT Capability to Innovativeness, IT Capability to Firm Performance. This study also tests whether
IT Capability can be an Innovativeness moderator of Firm Performance
This paper illustrates the similarities between the problems of customer churn and employee turnover. An example of employee turnover prediction model leveraging classical machine learning techniques is developed. Model outputs are then discussed to design \& test employee retention policies. This type of retention discussion is, to our knowledge, innovative and constitutes the main value of this paper.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI)inventionjournals
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
The Effectiveness of Virtual R&D Teams in SMEs: Experiences of Malaysian SMEsNader Ale Ebrahim
The number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), especially those involved with research and development (R&D) programs and employed virtual teams to create the greatest competitive advantage from limited labor are increasing. Global and localized virtual R&D teams are believed to have high potential for the growth of SMEs. Due to the fast-growing complexity of new products coupled with new emerging opportunities of virtual teams, a collaborative approach is believed to be the future trend. This research explores the effectiveness of virtuality in SMEs’ virtual R&D teams. Online questionnaires were emailed to Malaysian manufacturing SMEs and 74 usable questionnaires were received, representing a 20.8 percent return rate. In order to avoid biases which may result from pre-suggested answers, a series of open-ended questions were retrieved from the experts. This study was focused on analyzing an open-ended question, whereby four main themes were extracted from the experts’ recommendations regarding the effectiveness of virtual teams for the growth and performance of SMEs. The findings of this study would be useful to product design managers of SMEs in order to realize the key advantages and significance of virtual R&D teams during the new product development (NPD) process. This in turn, leads to increased effectiveness in new product development's procedure.
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI)inventionjournals
International Journal of Business and Management Invention (IJBMI) is an international journal intended for professionals and researchers in all fields of Business and Management. IJBMI publishes research articles and reviews within the whole field Business and Management, new teaching methods, assessment, validation and the impact of new technologies and it will continue to provide information on the latest trends and developments in this ever-expanding subject. The publications of papers are selected through double peer reviewed to ensure originality, relevance, and readability. The articles published in our journal can be accessed online.
The digital transformation significantly changes
the traditional way of how organizations manage their
human resources. Besides the automation of HRM
processes, information technologies also have increasing
impact on the talent management process, such as
employee attraction, selection and hiring, workforce
planning, engagement and performance management,
training and development, health and safety, and retention
management, all prompting a focus on redesigning the
organization around teams, implementing analytics and
organizational network analysis and driving a global focus
on diversity, culture, learning, and careers. The aim of this
study is to get insights in the consequences of a digital
HRM solution for an organization and its business
performance. A structured questionnaire was used for the
study. Data was collected from 75 respondents. The
findings of the study conclude that on the 15 statements
which were identified the responses to majority of these
factors showed a significant difference.
IJRET : International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology is an international peer reviewed, online journal published by eSAT Publishing House for the enhancement of research in various disciplines of Engineering and Technology. The aim and scope of the journal is to provide an academic medium and an important reference for the advancement and dissemination of research results that support high-level learning, teaching and research in the fields of Engineering and Technology. We bring together Scientists, Academician, Field Engineers, Scholars and Students of related fields of Engineering and Technology.
Idiosyncratic Effect of Corporate Solvency Management Strategies on Corporate...IOSR Journals
The study identifies and evaluates the association among corporate solvency management strategies and the corporate performance valuation in Chemical industry of Pakistan. The study uses purposive sampling or judgmental sampling for selecting 30 sample companies from the sector; covering 10 years financial statements data ranging from year 2002 to 2011. Balanced panel data is taken for the purpose of study. Levin, Lin & Chu test is used to check the stationarity of data whereas White Test is used to check the heteroskedasticity of data. Panel Least square technique with fixed effects is used to generalize the relationship between studied variables. The study observed that the performance of the chemical sector in terms of market to book value is affected by internal firm and industry specific factors related to solvency management strategic decisions. Findings of the study provide with the overview of historic performance and the potential performance of the selected sector to help policy makers including finance, economics and industry experts for creating value through the idiosyncratic resources.
The Effect of Information Technology and Total Quality Management on Organiza...Sigit Sanjaya
This study discovers the effect of information technology (IT) and total quality management (TQM) on organizational performance. The unit of analysis is state-owned enterprises in Padang city, Indonesia. The study utilized primary data which is obtained through the questionnaire. Total sampling is used in this study. 90 questionnaires were returned as a final sample. Data were analyzed by multiple regression analysis performed by SPSS 25 software. The result shows that IT has a positive and significant effect on organizational performance. TQM has a positive and significant effect on organizational performance.
The Impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Business Performance: A Study of...ijtsrd
The present study aims to examine the impact of entrepreneurial orientation on business performance of 30 horticulture related firms in Kashmir. The entrepreneurial orientation is measured by five dimensions identified from the literature on the subject and financial performance; a dependent variable, is treated as a measurement for business performance. The correlation and regression analysis was used to analyze the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and business performance of the sampled firms. Sameer Ahmad Shalla"The Impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Business Performance: A Study of SMEs in Horticulture Sector" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-1 | Issue-5 , August 2017, URL: http://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd2291.pdf http://www.ijtsrd.com/management/strategic-management/2291/the-impact-of-entrepreneurial-orientation-on-business-performance-a-study-of-smes-in-horticulture-sector/sameer-ahmad-shalla
A new fuzzy dematel todim hybrid method for evaluation criteria of knowledge ...ijmvsc
Knowledge management (KM) adoption in the supply chain network needs a good investment as well as
few changes in the culture of the entire SC. Knowledge management is the process of creating,
distributing and transferring information. The goal of this study is to Rank KM criteria in supply chain
network in Iran which is important for firms these days. Criterion used in this paper were extracted from
the literature review and were confirmed by supply chain experts. The proposed approach for ranking and
finding out about these criterion is hybrid fuzzy DEMATEL-TODIM, with using fuzzy number as data for
our studies we could avoid uncertainty. The data was gathered from PhD. And Ms. Students in industrial
engineering of Kharrazmi university of Tehran and PhD. And Ms. Students of the management department
of Semnan university. A new hybrid approach was used for achieving the results of this study. This new
hybrid approach ranks data criteria respect to each other, then by using TODIM for ranking respect to
the best situation (gains), the rates of criterion were determined which is a very important advantage.
Innomantra viewpoint -The End of CXOs Innovation Peekaboo Innomantra
Innovation has been a lifeline of many organizations for survival and growth, but the CXOs and leadership had a ‘peekaboo’ experience with ad hoc activities and very thin consistency in involvement of its people. As they were trying to structure by connecting the jigsaw pieces of innovation in a multicultural business and stakeholder environment to achieve an exponential impact in the age of triple-bottom-line Profits, People, and Planet.
Linking Theory & Practice Navigating the innovation landscape pas.docxSHIVA101531
Linking Theory & Practice Navigating the innovation landscape: past research, present practice, and future trends Shanthi Gopalakrishnan1 , Eric H Kessler 2 , Joanne L Scillitoe3 1 School of Management, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA; 2 Lubin School of Business, Pace University, New York, USA; 3 School of Management, New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY, USA Correspondence: Shanthi Gopalakrishnan, School of Management, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NY 07102, USA. Tel: þ 973-596-3283; Fax: þ 973-596-3074 Abstract The management of innovation is among the most critical capabilities contributing to the success of modern organizations. It is also complex and frequently misunderstood. In this paper we first provide a broad overview of the organizational innovation literature [the Past] to distill five fundamental themes: What is innovation, why is it important, where does it come from, who engages in it, and how can it be best executed? Second, we illustrate how these concepts are applied by three companies on the vanguard of innovation management [the Present] – Google, Walt Disney, and Johnson & Johnson. Third, we project the discussion forward by considering key issues and emerging trends [the Future] of innovation management such as nanotechnology, ethical dilemmas, information technology, globalization, and sustainability. Fourth, we derive from the above analyses concrete guidelines for managers to leverage these insights and enable more effective innovation practices. Organization Management Journal (2010) 7, 262–277. doi:10.1057/omj.2010.36 Keywords: innovation; management; industry; organization Introduction In today’s increasingly turbulent business environment, largely attributed to continual and rapid globalization and technological advancements, change has become a ubiquitous phenomenon. Innovation has emerged as an important mechanism to facilitate adaptation to this shifting competitive landscape. Although considered controversial by some skeptics, innovation plays a critical role in nurturing the economy, creating and radically transforming industries, sustaining the competitive performance of firms, and improving the standard of living and creating a better quality of life for citizens. Understandably, research that is focused on this climate of change displays a strong “pro-innovation” perspective (Kimberly, 1981; Abrahamson, 1991) and visualizes innovation as an inherently beneficial organizational activity with profound consequences for multiple constituencies. Indeed, it is an organization’s capability for sustained innovation that oftentimes determines its success. However, when discussing the management of innovation, one must also consider the more ambiguous, potentially destructive, and less readily understood social and ethical dynamics of the innovation process. This paper attempts to provide a broad overview of the innovation management landscape. First, we survey the exi ...
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Linking Theory & Practice
Navigating the innovation landscape: past
research, present practice, and future trends
Shanthi Gopalakrishnan1,
Eric H Kessler 2,
Joanne L Scillitoe3
1School of Management, New Jersey Institute
of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA; 2Lubin School
of Business, Pace University, New York, USA;
3School of Management, New York Institute of
Technology, Old Westbury, NY, USA
Correspondence:
Shanthi Gopalakrishnan, School of
Management, New Jersey Institute of
Technology, Newark, NY 07102, USA.
Tel: þ973-596-3283;
Fax: þ973-596-3074
Abstract
The management of innovation is among the most critical capabilities
contributing to the success of modern organizations. It is also complex and
frequently misunderstood. In this paper we first provide a broad overview of
the organizational innovation literature [the Past] to distill five fundamental
themes: What is innovation, why is it important, where does it come from,
who engages in it, and how can it be best executed? Second, we illustrate how
these concepts are applied by three companies on the vanguard of innovation
management [the Present] – Google, Walt Disney, and Johnson & Johnson.
Third, we project the discussion forward by considering key issues and emerging
trends [the Future] of innovation management such as nanotechnology, ethical
dilemmas, information technology, globalization, and sustainability. Fourth,
we derive from the above analyses concrete guidelines for managers to
leverage these insights and enable more effective innovation practices.
Organization Management Journal (2010) 7, 262 –277. doi:10.1057/omj.2010.36
Keywords: innovation; management; industry; organization
Introduction
In today’s increasingly turbulent business environment, largely
attributed to continual and rapid globalization and technological
advancements, change has become a ubiquitous phenomenon.
Innovation has emerged as an important mechanism to facilitate
adaptation to this shifting competitive landscape. Although
considered controversial by some skeptics, innovation plays a
critical role in nurturing the economy, creating and radically
transforming industries, sustaining the competitive performance of
firms, and improving the standard of living and creating a better
quality of life for citizens. Understandably, research that is focused
on this climate of change displays a strong “pro-innovation”
perspective (Kimberly, 1981; Abrahamson, 1991) and visualizes
innovation as an inherently beneficial organizational activity with
profound consequences for multiple constituencies. Indeed, it is an
organization’s capability for sustained innovation that oftentimes
determines its success. However, when discussing the management
of innovation, one must also consider the more ambiguous,
potentially destructive, and less readily understood social and
ethical dynamics of the innovation process.
This paper attempts to provide a broad overview of the
innovation management landscape. First, we ...
The entrepreneurship, in today’s globalized economy, is linked with autonomy, venturing into new business, development of new products, pro-activeness, taking risks, innovation, strategic renewal, self-renewal, and competitive aggressiveness (Zahra and Garvis 1998). In this age of rapid developments in technology and the emerging global markets, the IT company has been able to utilize and develop its resources. The principles of corporate entrepreneurship are followed by prospering through the absorption of the pressures. It is a well known doctrine that the company’s performance is positively impacted by the involvement of corporate entrepreneurship (Wiklund 2009). The implication of this is by practicing entrepreneurship, the organizations would be successful in increasing the results that can be leading to the increase in GDP.
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Read attachedpages about 3-M and their approach to innovation
Research one of 3M’s innovations.
Write a full two page paper in which you respond to the following questions:
1. How did the creative thinking process work in the development of this product? Describe what took place in each of the four steps.
2. Analyze what type of innovation this was—invention, extension, duplication, or synthesis. What characteristics of the innovation have led you to this conclusion?
3. Explain which of the sources of innovative ideas discussed in this week’s reading help account for this product’s success and why?
Include a minimum of two sources
The Entrepreneurial Mind-Set in Organizations: Corporate Entrepreneurship
Thus, 3M’s philosophy was born. Innovation is a numbers game: The more ideas, the better the chances for a successful innovation. In other words, to master innovation, companies must have a tolerance for failure. This philosophy has paid off for 3M. Antistatic videotape, trans- lucent dental braces, synthetic ligaments for knee surgery, heavy-duty reflective sheeting for construction signs, and, of course, Post-it notes are just some of the great innovations devel- oped by the organization. Overall, the company has a catalog of 60,000 products.40
Today, 3M follows a set of innovative rules that encourages employees to foster ideas. The key rules include the following:
•
Don’t kill a project. If an idea can’t find a home in one of 3M’s divisions, a staffer can devote 15 percent of his or her time to prove it is workable. For those who need seed money, as many as 90 Genesis grants of $50,000 are awarded each year.
• Tolerate failure. Encouraging plenty of experimentation and risk taking allows more chances for a new product hit. The goal: Divisions must derive 25 percent of sales from products introduced in the past five years. The target may be boosted to 30 percent in some cases.
• Keep divisions small. Division managers must know each staffer’s first name. When a division gets too big, perhaps reaching $250 million to $300 million in sales, it is split up.
• Motivate the champions. When a 3M employee has a product idea, he or she recruits an action team to develop it. Salaries and promotions are tied into the product’s progress. The champion has a chance to someday run his or her own product group or division.
• Stay close to the customer. Researchers, marketers, and managers visit with customers and routinely invite them to help brainstorm product ideas.
•
Share the wealth. Technology, wherever it is developed, belongs to everyone.41 3-4c structuring the Work environment
Structuring the Work environment
When establishing the drive to innovate in today’s corporations, one of the most critical steps is to invest heavily in an innovative environment. A top-level manager’s job is to create a work environment that is highly conducive to innovation and entrepreneurial behaviors. Within such an environment, each employee has the opport ...
1690 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND STRATEGY. HOW DOES IT WORK.docxfelicidaddinwoodie
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ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND STRATEGY. HOW DOES IT WORK?
AN EMPIRICAL RESEARCH
Vele Cristian-Liviu
Department of Economics, Faculty of Science, "Technical" University, Cluj Napoca,
North University Centre Baia Mare, Romania
[email protected]
Abstract: Why do some companies fail in their efforts to implement competitive
strategies? Why do others win in implementing competitive strategies? Of course
the reasons behind every fail and every win are numerous and can be related to
insufficient resources, lack of information, changes in the external environment, etc.
But let’s say that two companies, trying to implement a competitive strategy, have
the necessary resources, information and the environment is relatively calm.
Although the two companies have the same opportunity in implementing the
strategy, only one is successful in its efforts, while the other fails. Why? One
possible answer and one of the most plausible causes behind this fail is the
resistance to change. Strategies are designed to increase the company’s overall
performance by strengthening its capabilities and core competencies and by
eliminating the inefficient activities and processes. But, this phenomenon will
change the way in which things are done inside the company. This, in term, will
change the culture which defines that organization. Facing this threat, employees
will try to maintain things as they were, while managers are trying to implement the
new strategy to gain competitive advantages. As a consequence of this conflict, the
new strategy will most likely fail in its implementation, causing negative effects on
the company. This article wishes to provide a theoretical and empirical view on the
importance of having a dynamic organizational culture designed to sustain new
strategic initiatives. To underline this importance, an empirical study was conducted
on several Romanian construction companies with the intent of revealing the
correlations between a supportive culture and strategy. In conducting this study the
main objective was to reveal if companies characterized by a supportive and
dynamic organizational culture are more likely to have a strategy formulated and
implemented.
Keywords: organizational culture, strategy, strategic management, construction
industry
JEL classification: M14, L74, L20
1. Introduction
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competition is the most important element which influences the companies’ success
or fail, by dictating the action which must be taken regarding performance and
innovation, organizational culture and efficient implementation of competitive
strategies designed to position the com ...
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changes in the product a company makes or the service it provides; and process
innovation, a change in the way a product is made or the service provided . The
term innovation is often mistaken only for technical innovations, but technical
innovations are just a type of innovation. Every innovation has a strong impact to all
aspects of organizational life. Organizations can gain competitive advantage only
by managing effectively for today while simultaneously creating innovation for
tomorrow. Hence, it is important for firms to have innovation as a part of their
core competences. In this context the real question is how to stimulate innovation
and which factors bring to innovations in a firm.
II. CORPORATE CULTURE, INNOVATION AND REWARDS
Organizational change and innovation have become an absolute necessity to
perform well under the present conditions of rapid external and internal
developments and changes. Many firms invest heavily into innovation but we
argue that this is not the only way to achieve innovation. The desire for innovation
at all levels of an organization is often founded in a firm’s corporate culture.
Although researchers disagree about how toconceptualizeandmeasure organizational
culture, it can be understood as a system of shared values (that define what is
important) and norms that define appropriate attitudes and behaviors for
organizational members (how to feel and behave). Corporate culture,
powerful although invisible, shapes employee behavior and influences an
individual’s actions. Thus, if appropriate, cultural values and norms are a
powerful means of stimulating creativity and innovation. Every organization has a
unique culture that drives the form, degree, and speed of innovation.
Though any organization can publicly espouse a set of core values, most
innovative organizations have effectively infused their value system throughout
the company and employees behave according to it. Organization’s cultural norms
are critical but less obvious source of influence on innovation. Norms as
expected behaviors can also influence employee b eh a v io r; t h e y d efi n e
a p p r o p r i a t e attitudes a n d behaviors for organizational members. The
reward system defines who gets rewarded and why and thus acts as a
statement of an organization’s values, beliefs and norms. Reward systems are
one of the easiest things a company can change in order to achieve desired
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results, although some other preconditions must be satisfied: full and
open transparency regarding awards, the communication of the availability of
the rewards, the criteria to be satisfied, and the identification of the award recipients.
In case all preconditions are satisfied reward are real indicators of what an
organization wants to achieve in the future.
Reward system design can help to modify the organization’s culture. It is a
mechanism that can be used by managers to communicate desired behaviors to
organizational members. Managers who complain about lack of motivation in their
subordinates should consider the possibility that the reward systems they have
installed are paying off for behavior other than what they are seeking. Some
authors identified compensation among the critical levers to help change the
corporate culture.
III. METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH
The questionnaire survey that is the basis for this paper was conducted from January
to March 2010 among all small firms where employs are more than 150 employees
has taken as the database for this study. The respondents to the survey were human
resource directors of the companies. There were 191 firms in our sample, out of
which 68 firms responded to our survey, at the response rate of 36% which is
satisfactory for the purpose of our survey
.
The sample included only firms that have more than 150 employees, no matter of
the ownership structure or legal form as it was considered that such firms have
developed an adequate organizational culture and a formal compensation system.
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Researches in this filed often take the same study sample. The questionnaire was
designed in such a manner to put a spot light in the field of corporate culture and
reward systems and also some general data about the firm. Variables were rated
based on the Likert scale items.
Firms examined in our study sample are a good representation, with the
majority of the examined firms from production sector (50%), followed by
c o n s t r u c t i o n ( 14, 71%) a n d r e t a i l (8, 82%). Ownership structure of the
examined firms is also mixed. A total of 42.65% of the examined firms are
mostly privately owned, with Croatian owners. Further 35.29% of firms are privately
owned but with foreign owners and state owned firms account for 22, 06% of all
firms in the sample (Table II).
IV. DISCUSSION AND RESULTS
As noted previously, corporate culture can support innovation trough core
values and norms that can be shaped with certain features of reward system. The
cornerstone of our approach and the relationship corporate culture – innovation -
rewards is that those who perform well and in particular the successful innovators
receive rapid promotion or successively more challenging assignments what
motivates them to repeat the same behavior in the future.
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The most important value to cultivate in the organizational culture to unleash the
innovative power is acceptance of failure as part of the learning and
experimentation process. There are good preconditions to develop corporate culture
that will support innovations in all the firms. Firms should have a very open-minded
attitude towards failure as more than 76% of all examined firms see failure as a
possibility for learning and further employee development. There are some
differences taking into account ownership structure of the examined firms.
Surprisingly, firms that are majority publicly owned have the most liberal attitude
to failure in achieving desired results as failure is always seen as a source
of possibilities for learning. This tells us that such firms have also a modern
approach to human resources.
The connection among innovations and rewards will be strongest, if it becomes
embedded in the corporate culture to reward each innovation and employee
contribution. Practicing performance management and rewarding innovations would
increase the overall rate of innovation in the long run. Innovation must be a
part of everyone's job, which can be done only by providing time and resources
for employees to experiment and pursue their ideas and not punishing them for
failures.
V. CONCLUSION
Innovation is the wellspring of economic growth, but it is extremely difficult to
obtain. By definition, it involves the creation of something that does not yet exist,
something new for a firm. Based on a growing body of knowledge about
corporate innovation, there are a number of major characteristics of
innovative companies that must be considered, one of which is also its
reward system. Reward systems reflect the corporation’s interest and commitment
to innovation. If an organization culture has a focus on innovation, it is
likely that the compensation schemes should encourage and reinforce those
behavior. Having once been innovative does not guarantee that innovation
will be sustained. Innovation is manageable; it can be discouraged and it can be
encouraged by the management actions.
The most important source of innovation is the individual employee. Innovation
will be the result of high employee engagement, which will be adequately
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rewarded. Statistically significant relationships among innovation rewards,
corporate culture and reward system features were also explored. In all the firms
the strength of corporate culture shows a statistically significant relationship
to innovation rewards, as well as with different features of variable pay.
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