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Building organisational culture that stimulates creativity and innovation
E.C. Martins,F. Terblanche +1 more
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In this article, the authors present the determinants of organisational culture which influence creativity and innovation, including strategy, structure, support mechanisms, behaviour that encourages innovation, and open communication.Abstract:
The purpose of this article is to present, by means of a model, the determinants of organisational culture which influence creativity and innovation. A literature study showed that a model, based on the open systems theory and the work of Schein, can offer a holistic approach in describing organisational culture. The relationship between creativity, innovation and culture is discussed in this context. Against the background of this model, the determinants of organisational culture were identified. The determinants are strategy, structure, support mechanisms, behaviour that encourages innovation, and open communication. The influence of each determinant on creativity and innovation is discussed. Values, norms and beliefs that play a role in creativity and innovation can either support or inhibit creativity and innovation depending on how they influence individual and group behaviour. This is also explained in the article.read more
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Creating a culture for sustainability and quality – a lean-inspired way of working
Yvonne Lagrosen,Stefan Lagrosen +1 more
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A Survey on Organizational Culture Based on Stephan Robbins's Theory (Case Study)
Fateme Zamani Jaghargh,Hashem Ghorbanpanah,Seyed Ehsan Nabavi,Alireza Saboordavoodian,Zahra Farvardin +4 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate an organizational culture based on seven primary characteristics to identify it and then give a composite picture of the organization culture, which is commonly known as the values, beliefs and basic assumptions that help guide and coordinate member behaviors.
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Scenario-based management of individual creativity
TL;DR: This research provided a novel approach to creativity management through scenario analyses that applied the Bayesian network and found that individual creativity can be managed very effectively by adjusting the related variables in such a way as to maximize that quality.
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The effect of corporate entrepreneurship on the performance of the edible oil manufacturing firms in Kenya
TL;DR: Corporate entrepreneurship has been recognized as an effective strategy by which to improve enterprise performance (growth and profitability) and as a result corporate managers are unanimous in making their employees and organizations more entrepreneurial.
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How can HR practices support front-end innovation and increase the innovativeness of companies?
Annabeth Aagaard,Torben Andersen +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate how selected HR practices can help overcome the challenges companies face in establishing a basis for continuous innovation and thereby economic performance, in particular, the front end of innovation is being emphasised as a key element in companies' innovativeness.
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Organizational Culture and Leadership
TL;DR: A review of the book "Organizational Culture and Leadership" by Edgar H. Schein is given in this article, where the authors present a review of their approach to organizational culture and leadership.
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Organizational Culture and Leadership
TL;DR: In this article, the author analyzes the maturing research in the field of organization studies - the available ethnographic methods, participant observation, qualitative research, and clinical research, concluding that culture functions to solve an organization's basic problems of surviving in the external environment and integrating its internal processes to ensure its continued survival.
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The theory of open systems in physics and biology.
TL;DR: An extension and generalization of the principles of physics and physical chemistry, complementing the usual theory of reactions and equilibria in closed systems, and dealing with open systems, their steady states, and the principles governing them are needed.
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The Dynamics of Organizational Culture
TL;DR: In this article, a new model, called cultural dynamics, articulates the processes of manifestation, realization, symbolization, and interpretation and provides a framework within which to discuss the dynamism of organizational cultures.
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Culture and climate for innovation
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors consider the nature of organisational climate and of organizational culture, focusing on factors which make for an effective organisational culture and suggest elements which promote innovation, concluding that the most innovative companies of the future will be those which have created appropriate cultures and climates.