Final Deptals Reviewer

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    • 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
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