Organizational Innovativeness

The Cultivation of Organizational Innovation Amongst Malaysian Indigenous New, Technology- Based Small Firms: An Exploratory Study

by Umar Haiyat Abdul Kohar

Abdul Kohar, UH, McMurray, A and Peszynski, K 2010 'The Cultivation of Organizational Innovation Amongst Malaysian Indigenous New, Technology- Based Small Firms: An Exploratory Study', paper presented to The International Conference on Organizational Innovation (ICOI) 2010, Siam University, Bangkok, 04-06 August 2010.

The intent of this exploratory study is to extend our understanding on the cultivation of organizational innovation... more The intent of this exploratory study is to extend our understanding on the cultivation of organizational innovation towards sustainability in business amongst Malaysian Bumiputera New, Technology-Based Small Firms (NTBSFs) by interviewing five Indigenous technology-based entrepreneurs and analysing companies’ documents. The integration of these exploratory qualitative methods reveals that all the entrepreneurs are concern on the importance of organizational innovation towards their long-term performance in the technology industry The finding of this exploratory study generally indicates the perception of Indigenous entrepreneurs on the importance of organizational innovation for sustaining their business operations as well as determinants of organizational innovation in technology-based firms owned or founded by Malaysian Indigenous people. Based on these findings, a conceptual model of organizational innovation drivers is proposed at the end of this paper.

Dynamic capabilities, change and innovation in Greek SMEs: a preliminary study

by Apostolos Rafailidis

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, vol. 7(4), pp. 404 – 419, 2009, Inderscience, Special Issue on Entrepreneurship and Innovation
co-authored with Giannis Tselekidis

International competition is increasingly making firms enter a process of change and transformation. The dynamic... more International competition is increasingly making firms enter a process of change and transformation. The dynamic capabilities approach is relevant in examining this change and has thus attracted considerable attention. In the current business environment, change (especially innovation) is essential for pursuing the creation of strategic competitiveness. It is the creation and development of suitable dynamic capabilities, however, that may actually enable or induce innovativeness. This paper is an attempt to review relevant existing theory, so as to locate possible commonalities of the dynamic capabilities of differing firms. Second, through ongoing empirical research, the paper draws on data from a sample of Greek SMEs. The paper examines dynamic capabilities in relation to innovativeness. Any relationship between dynamic capabilities and firm performance is considered indirect, with the intermediate step being efforts for change and innovation. In this way, the tautology pointed out in the literature between dynamic capabilities and competitive advantage is bypassed.

Preparing Junior Officers for Roles in FORCEnet & Network Centric Operations

by Mark Tempestilli

Conceptual Barriers to Creating Integrative Universities

by Jon Awbrey

Awbrey, S.M., and Awbrey, J.L. (May 2001), “Conceptual Barriers to Creating Integrative Universities”, Organization : The Interdisciplinary Journal of Organization, Theory, and Society 8(2), Sage Publications, London, UK, pp. 269–284.

Today’s society looks to universities for solutions to broad-based issues that require cross-disciplinary expertise.... more Today’s society looks to universities for solutions to broad-based issues that require cross-disciplinary expertise. Yet, the organizational structure of our institutions remains locked in academic and administrative silos that have little genuine ability to communicate or to recognize the interdependence of knowledge. Why does the capacity to communicate between disciplines and units remain limited? How do formalizations of our experience create barriers? What kind of reflection would it take to subject our mental models of knowledge and learning to critical inquiry? This discussion highlights one of the most entrenched ‘group identity myths’ that underlie the structure of modern academic institutions, the ‘triviality of integration’ thesis.

Issues and Challenges in Dynamic Systems Design and Engineering – A Value-Oriented Approach

by Joao Pombinho

presented at EIS 2011 - Delft, The Netherlands

Modeling organizations as complex systems in permanent evolution, as an answer to change dynamics, is an increasing... more Modeling organizations as complex systems in permanent evolution, as an answer to change dynamics, is an increasing challenge. Particularly, there is a lack of an integrated perspective that is generally and recursively applicable to organization chains, organizations and sub-organizations of several types and sizes. Our research aims to answer how to incorporate purpose into system development activities, in a way that promotes value-orientation and innovation. Three main conceptual challenges were identified: 1) the lack of capacity to view a system, and the services it provides, integrated in different value chains; 2) the separation of the instance of a system from the purpose behind its design; and 3) the conceptual unidirectionality of the system development process. In this paper, we present the proposal of rationalizing system design and engineering decisions with value-orientation, materialized in a set of principles and a four-layer framework: System, Service, Market (Value) and Problem Solving (Purpose).

Adaptors and Innovators in Large Organizations: Does Cognitive Style Characterize the Actual Behaviour of Employees at Work? An Exploratory Study

by Steven de Ciantis

Co-authored with R.G. Clapp
Published in Psychological Reports, 1989, 65, 503-513

This study explores empirically the relationship between employees' preferences for different styles of creative... more This study explores empirically the relationship between employees' preferences for different styles of creative problem solving, as measured by the Kirton Adaption-Innovation inventory (KAI), and their actual behaviour in relation to organizational change in a large industrial setting. The hypothesis that overt creativity, problem solving and decision-making behaviour is modified by the climate of a large industrial setting (even though underlying cognitive style preference remains intact) in a way that is predictable and observable, is supported and replicated across three work groups. Implications for research into the situational differences affecting overt creative problem solving behaviour of employees at work and organizational change and development are discussed.

Turning on the Care Coordination Switch in Rural Primary Care: Voices from the Practices - Clinician Champions, Clinician Partners, Administrators, and Nurse Care Managers.

by Molly King

Fagnan, Lyle J., David A. Dorr, Melinda Davis, Paul McGinnis, Jo Mahler, Molly McCarthy King, LeAnn Michaels. 2011. The Journal of Ambulatory Care Management 34(3): 3014-318.

This study sought to understand the acceptability and feasibility of office-based nurse care management in medium to... more This study sought to understand the acceptability and feasibility of office-based nurse care management in medium to large rural primary care practices. A qualitative assessment of Care Management Plus (a focused medical home model for complex patients) implementation was conducted using semistructured interviews with 4 staff cohorts. Cohorts included clinician champions, clinician partners, practice administrators, and nurse care managers. Seven key implementation attributes were: a proven care coordination program; adequate staffing; practice buy-in; adequate time; measurement; practice facilitation; and functional information technology. Although staff was positive about the care coordination concept, model acceptability was varied and additional study is required to determine sustainability.