A Model of Organizational Trajectories to Innovation Management



Título del documento: A Model of Organizational Trajectories to Innovation Management
Revista: Journal of technology management & innovation
Base de datos: CLASE
Número de sistema: 000307926
ISSN: 0718-2724
Autores: 1
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Instituciones: 1Universidade de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Economia e Administracao, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Año:
Volumen: 2
Número: 1
Paginación: 72-79
País: Chile
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico
Resumen en inglés The multiple-case study research in three industrial companies - located in Brazil- about organizational changing, comparing cases of lean production system implementation, revealed a suggested interpretation of the determinants and directions of organizational innovation. The model tries to account for both continuous changes and discontinuities in organizational innovation. Continuous changes are related to secondary innovation, which doesn’t break an organizational paradigm, while discontinuities are associated with a new trajectory, since a primary innovation adopted by the whole organization. Then, the innovative lean process associated with secondary innovation was inadequate to change the organizational trajectory and it explains the cyclical decisions. On the other hand, the lean production system related to primary innovation, assumes the role as a new trajectory, influencing changes in total organization. The greatest difference found in the companies for innovative diffusion process, was the aspect of spread the organizational principles or a simple set of management’s tools
Disciplinas: Economía,
Administración y contaduría
Palabras clave: Empresas,
Dirección y control,
Innovación organizacional,
Cambio organizacional,
Gestión del cambio,
Paradigmas,
Trayectorias organizacionales,
Administración de empresas
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