Final Deptals Reviewer

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Abegail Tolentino

Cards (13)

  • Innovative organization implies more than just a structure; it is an integrated set of components which work together to create and reinforce the kind of environment which enables innovation to flourish.
  • 1.     Shared vision, leadership, and the will to innovate.
    o   Clearly articulated and shared sense of purpose
    o   Stretching strategic intent
    o   Top management commitment
  • 1.     Appropriate structure
    o Organization design which enables creativity, learning and interaction
    o   Not always a loose “skunk works” model.
    o   Key issue is finding the appropriate balance between organistic and mechanistic options for contingencies.
  • 1.     Key Individuals
    o   Promoters
    o   Champions
    o   Gatekeepers
    Other roles
  • 1.     Effective Team Working
    o   Appropriate use of teams to solve problems
    o   Requires investment in team selection
    o   Investment in Team building
  • 1.     Continuing and Stretching individual development
    o   Long term commitment to education
    o   Long term commitment to training
    o   To ensure high level of competence
    o   To learn effectively the skills
  • 1.     Extensive communication
    o   Within and between the org
    o   Internally in 3 directions
    o   Upwards, downwards, lateral
  • 1.     High involvement in Innovation
    o   Participation in org-wide
    o   Continuous improvement activity
  • 1.     External Focus
    o   Internal and external orientation
    o   Extensive networking
  • 1.     Creative Climate
    o   Positive approach to creative ideas
    o   Supported by relevant motivation systems
  • 1.     Learning Organization
    o   High levels of involvement
    o   Within and outside the firm
    o   Proactive experimentation
    o   Finding and solving problems
    o   Communication and sharing
    o   Knowledge capture and dissemination
  • •        Simple Structure
    •        Key Features
    o   Centralized organic type, centrally controlled but can respond quickly to changes in the environment.
    o   Usually small and often directly controlled by one person
    o   Designed and controlled in the mind of the individual who decides
    o   Strengths: speed of response and clarity
    Weaknesses: Vulnerability to misjudgment or prejudice and resource limits on growth
  • •        Organization Archetype: Machine Bureaucracy
    •        Key Features
    o   Centralized mechanistic type, centrally controlled by systems
    o   Design stresses the functions of the whole specialization of parts - interchangeable
    o   Success comes from developing effective systems, simplified tasks, routine behavior
    o   Strengths: ability to handle complex integrated processes
    o   Weaknesses:  potential for alienation of individuals and build-up of rigidities in inflexible system