Organizing For Innovation

Author : Jim Whitehurst
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
ISBN : 9781625275271

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The Open Organization by Jim Whitehurst Pdf

This is a story of reinvention. Jim Whitehurst, celebrated president and CEO of one of the world's most revolutionary software companies, tells first-hand his journey from traditional manager (Delta Air Lines, Boston Consulting Group) and “chief” problem solver to CEO of one of the most open organizational environments he'd ever encountered. This challenging transition, and what Whitehurst learned in the interim, has paved the way for a new way of managing—one this modern leader sees as the only way companies will successfully function in the future. Whitehurst says beyond embracing the technology that has so far disrupted entire industries, companies must now adapt their management and organizational design to better fit the Information Age. His mantra? “Adapt or die.” Indeed, the successful company Whitehurst leads—the open source giant Red Hat—has become the organizational poster child for how to reboot, redesign, and reinvent an organization for a decentralized, digital age. Based on open source principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration, “open management” challenges conventional business ideas about what companies are, how they run, and how they make money. This book provides the blueprint for putting it into practice in your own firm. He covers challenges that have been missing from the conversation to date, among them: how to scale engagement; how to have healthy debates that net progress; and how to attract and keep the “Social Generation” of workers. Through a mix of vibrant stories, candid lessons, and tested processes, Whitehurst shows how Red Hat has blown the traditional operating model to pieces by emerging out of a pure bottom up culture and learning how to execute it at scale. And he explains what other companies are, and need to be doing to bring this open style into all facets of the organization. By showing how to apply open source methods to everything from structure, management, and strategy to a firm's customer and partner relationships, leaders and teams will now have the tools needed to reach a new level of work. And with that new level of work comes unparalleled success. The Open Organization is your new resource for doing business differently. Get ready to make traditional management thinking obsolete.

Author : Jean-Pierre Jeannet,Thierry Volery,Heiko Bergmann,Cornelia Amstutz
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030652876

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Masterpieces of Swiss Entrepreneurship by Jean-Pierre Jeannet,Thierry Volery,Heiko Bergmann,Cornelia Amstutz Pdf

This open access book focuses on Switzerland-based medium-sized companies with a longstanding export tradition and a proven dominance in global niche markets. Based upon in-depth documentation and analysis of 36 Swiss companies over their entire history, an expert team of authors presents several parallels in the pathways and success factors which allowed these firms to become dominant and operate from a high-cost location such as Switzerland. The book enhances these insights by providing detailed company profiles documenting the company history, development, and how their relevant global niche positions were reached. Readers will benefit from these profiles as they compile a diverse selection of industries, mainly active within the B2B sector, with mostly mature companies (60 years to older than 100 years since founding) and different types of ownership structures including family firms. ‘Masterpieces of Swiss Entrepreneurship’ brings unique learning opportunities to owners and leaders of SMEs in Switzerland and elsewhere. Findings are based on detailed bottom-up research of 36 companies -- without any preconceived notions. The book is both conceptual and practical. It fosters understanding for different choices in development pathways and management practices. Matti Alahuhta, Chairman DevCo Partners, ex-CEO Kone, Board member of several global listed companies, Helsinki, Finland Start-up entrepreneurs need proven models from industry which demonstrate the various paths to success. “Masterpieces of Swiss Entrepreneurship” provides deep insights highlighting these models and the important trade-offs entrepreneurial teams must consider when choosing the path of high growth or of maximum control, as they are often mutually exclusive. Gina Domanig, Managing Partner, Emerald Technology Ventures, Zurich

Author : Andrew M Pettigrew,Richard Whittington,Leif Melin,Carlos Sanchez-Runde,Frans A J van den Bosch,Winfried Ruigrok,Tsuyoshi Numagami
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003-07-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781412933162

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Innovative Forms of Organizing by Andrew M Pettigrew,Richard Whittington,Leif Melin,Carlos Sanchez-Runde,Frans A J van den Bosch,Winfried Ruigrok,Tsuyoshi Numagami Pdf

This book presents novel theoretical ideas and empirical findings where the fields of strategizing and organizing meet. At this boundary lie many of the most crucial theoretical and practical issues for management and managing. Innovative Forms of Organizing, the eagerly awaited sequel to The Innovating Organization (SAGE, 2000), draws upon the comprehensive data sets of the INFORM programme of research, to examine the development of innovative forms of organizing and company performance in organizations across Europe, Japan and the United States. Innovative Forms of Organizing establishes and develops three strong themes: organizing and strategizing; complementarities, change and performance; and the management of dualities in the modern corporation. The book then discusses the implications of its presented ideas for strategizing/organizing in the 21st century firm and the challenges for management researchers of conducting large scale, international comparative research. Innovative Forms of Organizing thereby illustrates 21st Century management research in 21st Century organizations across Europe, Japan and the USA. This seminal international study will be a classic in the field for years to come for scholars and policy makers in academia, business and government who are interested in strategy, organization and international management.

Author : Elke Schuessler,Patrick Cohendet,Silviya Svejenova
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781839828768

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Organizing Creativity in the Innovation Journey by Elke Schuessler,Patrick Cohendet,Silviya Svejenova Pdf

This volume brings together empirical and conceptual papers that go beyond questions of idea generation to account for the dynamics of idea development, judgement, and dissemination – processes which are at the heart of organizing for innovation.

Author : David Fradin
Publisher : Spice Catalyst Media
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PKEY:6610000280544

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Organizing and Managing Insanely Great Products by David Fradin Pdf

This is the second in a series of three books dedicated to the goal of building, managing, marketing and selling insanely great (successful) products. The first covers “Building Insanely Great Products: The Six Keys to Success”. The third is “Marketing and Selling Insanely Great (Successful) Products”. This book covers the key factors in Organizing and Managing Insanely Great (Successful) Products.Worldwide, in every size company there is an urgent need to align product management success approaches with modern product enterprise trends. As a result, there are changes that are driving the need to reconsider product success management paradigms. This book covers these changes and much more from a 360 degree perspective.This book discusses these teams and their effect on organizing and managing product pain points; Leadership team and enterprise, Innovation team, Strategic IT team and technology adoption, the Infosec team and information security, Partner focused teams and partners, Performance management teams and enterprise performance, Business process teams and Core and support business processes.

Author : John Adair
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2009-02-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780749460112

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Leadership for Innovation by John Adair Pdf

New ideas and new ways of doing things are one of the main ingredients in sustained business success, but how do you create the right conditions for innovation? Leadership for Innovation will help you to create an innovative climate that encourages the development of new products and services. Drawing upon real-life examples including Google, Honda and 3M, John Adair sets out practical ways for bringing about change in organizations. As well as identifying the characteristics of an innovative organization, he discusses key topics such as organizing for team creativity; motivating creative people, how to build on ideas and how to be a creative leader and team member. Leadership for Innovation will help you to inspire your team to go that one step further and generate the kind of ideas that are the foundations of future success.

Author : Geoffrey A. Moore
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781682301708

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Zone to Win by Geoffrey A. Moore Pdf

Over the last 25 years, Geoffrey Moore has established himself as one of the most influential high-tech advisors in the world—once prompting Conan O’Brien to ask “Who is Geoffrey Moore and why is he more famous than me?” Following up on the ferociously innovative ESCAPE VELOCITY, which served as the basis for Moore’s consulting work to such companies as Salesforce, Microsoft, and Intel, ZONE TO WIN serves as the companion playbook for his landmark guide, offering a practical manual to address the challenge large enterprises face when they seek to add a new line of business to their established portfolio. Focused on spurring next-generation growth, guiding mergers and acquisitions, and embracing disruption and innovation, ZONE TO WIN is a high-powered tool for driving your company above and beyond its limitations, its definitions of success, and ultimately, its competitors. Moore’s classic bestseller, CROSSING THE CHASM, has sold more than one million copies by addressing the challenges faced by start-up companies. Now ZONE TO WIN is set to guide established enterprises through the same journey. “For any company, regardless of size or industry, ZONE TO WIN is the playbook for succeeding in today’s disruptive, connected, fast-paced business world.” —Marc Benioff, CEO, Salesforce “Once again Geoffrey Moore weighs in with a prescient examination of what it takes to win in today’s competitive, disruptive business environment.” —Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft "With this book, Geoffrey Moore continues to lead us all through ever-changing times...His work has changed the game of changing the game!" —Gary Kovacs, CEO, AVG “ZONE TO WIN uses crystal-clear language to describe the management plays necessary to win in an ever-disrupting marketplace. Regardless of your level of management experience, you will find this book an invaluable tool for building long-term success for your business.” —Lip-Bu Tan, President and CEO, Cadence Design Systems

Author : Mark Fenwick,Erik P.M. Vermeulen,Toshiyuki Kono,Tronel Joubert
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811972348

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Organizing-for-Innovation by Mark Fenwick,Erik P.M. Vermeulen,Toshiyuki Kono,Tronel Joubert Pdf

This book argues that large corporations need to implement governance practices and processes that make them better innovators and that the challenge is to identify organizational principles and practices that provide the best chance of delivering innovative products to create a meaningful consumer experience. In this context, it is important to recognize that when we address organizational forms, we are not thinking of corporate governance in the sense of managing agency costs and ensuring regulatory compliance, but the more pressing business task of putting in place organizational systems and processes that facilitate value creation through continued and sustained innovation. The book examines how the contemporary concept and discourse of corporate governance may be obsolete or, at least, is increasingly disconnected from the needs and realities of the most innovative firms today. The concept of organizing for innovation—identifying process and practices that deliver the best opportunities for innovation—needs to take centre stage. This book aims to contribute to the nascent debate in this area by bringing together a series of chapters that examine various issues related to organizing for innovation.

Author : David J. Teece
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199545124

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Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management by David J. Teece Pdf

How do firms grow? How do firms compete? An influential answer to these fundamental questions of business strategy lies in the concept of dynamic capabilities. David Teece provides a clear statement of his ideas, and a framework for managers wishing to assess their organization's strategy.

Author : Jessica van den Bosch,Geert Duysters
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781783476602

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Corporate Venturing by Jessica van den Bosch,Geert Duysters Pdf

øLarge organizations are seen to be struggling to keep up with today's fast changing market and technological developments. However, an increasing number of firms have started to engage in corporate venturing as a way to enhance their inno

Author : Jack Andrew Morton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : WISC:89038756276

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Organizing for Innovation by Jack Andrew Morton Pdf

Author : Jane D. Keathley,H. James Harrington
Publisher : Quality Press
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781951058302

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Structuring Your Organization for Innovation by Jane D. Keathley,H. James Harrington Pdf

Organizations face many ongoing challenges, which can lead to restructuring- an expensive, disruptive solution that doesn't always offer successful outcomes or better results. As a business leader in a competitive environment, you must find ways to improve your organization's innovative thinking. Breaking down silos and driving innovation can lead to greater agility in discovering new opportunities and developing creative solutions. In this book, you'll learn how to design a structure that will help foster innovation, agility, and performance by focusing on organizational structure through the eyes of your customers. You will explore five core structural areas-management, process, product, sales and marketing, and services- that can be used to advance innovation. Structuring Your Organization for Innovation also includes: Key characteristics of each organizational structure, including the pros and cons Strategic, operational, and tactical considerations Real-world case studies Tools and tips for practical application Jane Keathley provides services to regulated organizations in healthcare related industries, including start-up companies, focusing on developing innovative products and services while maintaining effective and compliant operations. She has published and presented widely in quality and other forums.; H. James Harrington is a quality system expert with more than 60 years of experience. He has been involved in developing quality management systems worldwide, has authored more than 55 books, and is the past president of the American Society for Quality.

Author : Fariborz Damanpour
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Organizational change
ISBN : 1788117433

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Organizational Innovation by Fariborz Damanpour Pdf

This comprehensive book synthesizes research from the past 50 years of innovation studies, addressing the main elements and providing a connected perspective on innovation within organizations. It explores the generation and adoption of both technological and nontechnological innovations, offering a coherent and systematic view of the process. Fariborz Damanpour examines innovation activity and internal mechanisms and processes in both business and nonbusiness organizations, providing an overview of key concepts, terms, and theory. Insights from behavioral, economic, and structure-based perspectives are used to explain existing findings and help the reader navigate current research on the management of innovation, as well as offering ideas and frameworks to guide new studies. Organizational Innovationwill be an invaluable resource for researchers and graduate-level students of management and organization studies, particularly those working on the management of innovation and technology. It will also prove useful to educators in the field as a reference work for students.

Author : Elke Schuessler,Patrick Cohendet,Silviya Svejenova
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781839828744

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Organizing Creativity in the Innovation Journey by Elke Schuessler,Patrick Cohendet,Silviya Svejenova Pdf

This volume brings together empirical and conceptual papers that go beyond questions of idea generation to account for the dynamics of idea development, judgement, and dissemination – processes which are at the heart of organizing for innovation.

Author : Arne L. Bygdås,Stewart Clegg,Aina Landsverk Hagen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429954139

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Media Management and Digital Transformation by Arne L. Bygdås,Stewart Clegg,Aina Landsverk Hagen Pdf

Media Management and Digital Transformation provides novel and empirically rich insights into the tensions, struggles and innovations of news making and managing in media organizations. From an empirically grounded perspective this book investigates how the 'buzz' of new technology tends to prevent management from seeing which changes are needed and indeed possible to make in the newsroom. It presents ground-breaking research showing that fostering ingenious, innovative solutions can be created from within organizations by engaging and allowing employees to recognize problems, reflect and experiment with new ways of working, using technology as support for change. The research presented arises from a four-year action research project in collaboration with three small and medium-sized Norwegian newspapers, in addition to ethnographic research in newsrooms and on media organizations and phenomena in the USA and Europe. It includes among other empirical examples of newsrooms transitioning from a deadline-controlled workflow to an open-ended flowline production, and provides new tools and methods for fostering collaborative creativity and co-creative innovation practices. It also looks into newsrooms’ attempts to strengthen their audience engagement, metrics performance and external collaborations with technology providers, journalism education and action researchers. With theoretical chapters, methodological insights and qualitative case studies of contemporary practices, this book is essential reading for students and practitioners involved with media management globally.