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- Bednar, Peter, et al.
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Contextual analysis as support for successful innovation in complex environments
- 2007
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Ingår i: Organizational Dynamics of Technology-Based Innovation: Diversifying the Research Agenda. - 9780387728032 ; , s. 149-162
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In order to survive and thrive, organizations need to adapt, re-invent themselves and therefore innovate. However many intentional efforts to bring about innovation do not succeed. In order to be successful, innovation requires the support of individuals throughout the environment in which it is emerging. However, in many cases such support is not forthcoming for a variety of reasons. In this paper, the authors discuss a number of barriers which may inhibit the success of innovative practice. They then discuss a role for Contextual Analysis as means to target individual engagement, and present an example of a method which could be used to conduct such analysis.
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- Linderoth, Henrik, 1962-
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Make technology invisible, or keep it visible? : The role of intra-organizational transfer and integration of project outcomes
- 2007
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Ingår i: Organizational Dynamics of Technology-Based Innovation. - Boston : Springer. - 9780387728032 ; , s. 267-281
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Today’s organizational renewal and change is conducted primarily within projects (i.e., temporary organizations), and, in varying degrees, includes information and communication technology (ICT) systems that should mediate or trigger intended changes. However, the definite duration of a project process and the indefinite duration of ICT-mediated change processes cause challenges for the permanent organization when intra-organizational transfer of intended and emergent project outcomes would be managed. However, when studying the interaction between ICT and an organizational context, it is of crucial importance to also include the ICT in the analysis. Accordingly, the aim this paper is to uncover technology features and their consequences for the permanent organization when intra-organizational transfer of intended and emergent project outcomes is managed. In order to achieve the aim of the paper, three case studies of ICT projects are analyzed and discussed. The ICT features predefmition of processes to change and the ease of making the ICT into an obligatory passage point will have consequences for the permanent organization’s management of intra-organizational transfer of intended and emergent project outcomes. The conclusion is that these features of ICT have an impact on arrangements to be made by the permanent organization in order to support the intra-organizational transfer and integration of intended and emergent project outcomes.
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- Linderoth, Henrik
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Make technology invisible, or keep it visible? : The role of technology in transfer and integration of outcomes from ICT-mediated change projects
- 2007
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Ingår i: Organizational Dynamics of Technology Based Innovation. - Boston, MA : Springer US. - 9780387728032 ; , s. 267-281
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Today’s organizational renewal and change is conducted primarily within projects (i.e., temporary organizations), and, in varying degrees, includes information and communication technology (ICT) systems that should mediate or trigger intended changes. However, the definite duration of a project process and the indefinite duration of ICT-mediated change processes cause challenges for the permanent organization when intra-organizational transfer of intended and emergent project outcomes would be managed. However, when studying the interaction between ICT and an organizational context, it is of crucial importance to also include the ICT in the analysis. Accordingly, the aim this paper is to uncover technology features and their consequences for the permanent organization when intra-organizational transfer of intended and emergent project outcomes is managed. In order to achieve the aim of the paper, three case studies of ICT projects are analyzed and discussed. The ICT features predefmition of processes to change and the ease of making the ICT into an obligatory passage point will have consequences for the permanent organization’s management of intra-organizational transfer of intended and emergent project outcomes. The conclusion is that these features of ICT have an impact on arrangements to be made by the permanent organization in order to support the intra-organizational transfer and integration of intended and emergent project outcomes.
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- Truex, Duane, et al.
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Dropping Your Tools : The Diversity of the Research Agenda in Organizational Dynamics of Technology-Based Innovation
- 2007
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Ingår i: Organizational Dynamics of Technology-Based Innovation: Diversifying the Research Agenda. - Boston, MA : Springer US. - 9780387728032 ; , s. 31-42
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The debate between protagonists of different theoretical approaches continues in the Information Systems field, with little prospect of resolution. The debate is typically characterized by tendentious arguments as advocates from each approach offer a somewhat one-sided condemnation of other approaches. A recent debate in the Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems (SJIS) illustrates the manner in which IS researchers are polarized into opposing camps, each tending to view the other as inferior. Ironically further polarization is occurring in the manner various groups of IS scholars are simultaneously calling for order, discipline and clearer notions of the “core of the discipline” while other scholars call for greater research diversity. In order to overcome this polarization we advocate a strategy recommended by Weick (1996): Drop your tools, hold your concepts lightly and update them frequently. Three reasons for dropping our theoretical tools are suggested as a means for moving forward, both for individual researchers as well as for the research community as a whole.
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