When Failure is the Only Option: How Communicative Framing Resources Organizational Innovation

2020 ◽  
pp. 232948842097169
Author(s):  
William Roth Smith ◽  
Jeff Treem ◽  
Brad Love
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Organizational Strategy ◽  
Organizational Success ◽  
Innovation Practices

Innovation is valuable for organizational success, yet it presents contradictions for workers who must choose between pursuing novel courses of action or practicing established strategy. One challenge is that many efforts at innovation are not successful, making workers reluctant to pursue novel projects. In this study, we seek to answer the question: How do individuals responsible for facilitating innovation in organizations communicatively construct and frame failure? Abductive analysis of interviews with 36 professionals in innovation-related roles reveal that these workers communicate in a way that frames the idea of failure in a way that bolsters innovation efforts. This framing is enacted through a variety of language tools, a mindset aligned with the frame, and the development of organizational strategy that communicatively supports this framing. The article argues that innovation failure is resourced via communicative framing as an asset that aids organizational learning. Overall, findings indicate that communication plays a central role in constituting innovation practices and facilitating change in organizations.

scholarly journals Sustainable Innovation in Small Medium Enterprises: The Impact of Knowledge Management on Organizational Innovation through a Mediation Analysis by Using SEM Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaffar Abbas ◽  
Qingyu Zhang ◽  
Iftikhar Hussain ◽  
Sabahat Akram ◽  
Aneeqa Afaq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Garment Industry ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Sustainable Innovation ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This current study is among the very few investigations, which seeks the relationship between knowledge management and sustainable organizational innovation in garment business firms. This investigation focused on examining how organizational learning mediates the relationship between knowledge management and sustainable organizational innovation. This research establishes that knowledge management and organizational innovation procedures are integral parts of the progress and survival of the organizations. The received data of this population reports on the garment firms, operating their businesses in Lahore and Gujranwala. The study applied a stratified random sampling method for data collection and employed structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the hypothesized relationships. The results specify that knowledge management shows a significant positive association with organizational learning, which in turn reveals a positive linkage to sustainable organizational innovation in SMEs of the garment industry. The study results also specify that organizational learning mediates the relationship between knowledge management and sustainable organizational innovation. This research survey identifies the significance of knowledge management and organizational learning in executing the process of organizational innovation, and it helps business managers to understand organizational learning as a mediator, which in turn indicates the benefits of knowledge management in achieving sustainable organizational innovation. This review provides an empirical indication of original data to investigate the linkage between knowledge management, sustainable innovation process, and organizational learning culture in the Pakistani garment sector. The generalizability of the study fallouts is restricted to the garment industry, and it offers valuable insights for imminent researchers.

scholarly journals Assessing Firm Readiness to Adopt Cluster-Based Innovative Projects: A Segmentation Analysis

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 947
Author(s):  
Kaoutar Jamai ◽  
Ali Abidar ◽  
Hans De Steur ◽  
Xavier Gellynck
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Segmentation Analysis ◽  
Determining Factors ◽  
Segmentation Approach ◽  
Readiness To Adopt ◽  
Innovation Practices ◽  
Medium Firms ◽  
Organizational Preparedness

As innovation has garnered substantial attention on corporate success and sustainability, organizations must evaluate internal contexts to determine potential innovative practices and benefits. Firms need to investigate the determining factors of innovation preparedness as organizational innovation practices are catalyzed through internal elements. This study evaluates small and medium firms’ readiness to adopt and execute collaborative innovative projects within a future cluster and its impacts on organizational advantages, intentions, and attributes. Thereby, three dimensions were considered in examining organizational preparedness, namely, climate, culture, and motivation. A total of 70 firms operating in the labeled agri-food sector in Morocco were interviewed and homogenously classified using integrated hierarchical and non-hierarchical algorithms, following a segmentation approach. Three segments were identified, stressing the degree of organizational readiness to undertake innovative projects within future service clusters. The segments varied according to the firm’s sub-sector, experience, and resources. Considering the association of readiness with benefits and practical aims, the results broaden firm preparedness understanding to adopt innovative projects. The results also illustrate the relevance of adapting both innovative and beneficial project arrangements for firms with minor to moderate experience while addressing current issues across different segments.

Demystifying Unlearning and Innovation in Higher Education Institutions

2019 ◽  
pp. 185-200
Author(s):  
Isabel Martins ◽  
Ana Martins ◽  
Orlando P. Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Learning Ability ◽  
Dominant Logic ◽  
Organizational Forgetting ◽  
Constructivist Perspective ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Innovation In Higher Education ◽  
Vital Resource

This chapter analyzes human and emotional capitals as the main source for organizational change, innovation, and learning. Individuals and teams thus have the aptitude to revitalize their learning ability. The purpose of this chapter is to explore the relationship between intentional unlearning and forgetting. Dynamic capabilities and knowledge management emphasize that organizational innovation depends on knowledge considered to be the vital resource. The old dominant logic must be unlearned for organizations to embrace innovation and creativity. Organizational learning models are critiqued and the capacity for unlearning in organizational learning processes is highlighted. Unlearning typologies and related barriers of organizational forgetting are critiqued. Furthermore, unlearning leads to innovation as re-learning is based on initiative and experimentation between individuals in a blameless culture. The organizational learning social constructivist perspective is adopted in a dynamic capability theoretical framework. Furthermore, the notion of transdisciplinarity embraces a new age mindset which refutes the old dominant logic.

Organizational Learning and Technological Innovation Practices

2020 ◽  
pp. 69-102
Author(s):  
Zhimin Wang ◽  
Kwek Choon Ling
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Outcome Expectation ◽  
Complex Solutions ◽  
Innovation Practices

This chapter investigates the relationships among organizational learning, knowledge donation, knowledge collection, and technological innovation practices. The collected data based on a total of 157 managers from the manufacturing industries will be evaluated by applying the PLS-SEM and fsQCA. The empirical outcomes based on PLS-SEM analysis demonstrate that organizational learning positively impacts knowledge donation and knowledge collection. This chapter confirms that both knowledge donation and knowledge collection act as mediators in mediating the positive relationship between organizational learning and technological innovation practices. The fsQCA results indicated that the conditional support for the proposed antecedent and outcome expectation of knowledge donation and knowledge collection are organizational learning and technological innovation practices. The findings of fsQCA analysis show that the complex solutions with three combinations of organizational learning, knowledge donation, and knowledge collection sufficiently explain the technological innovation practices.

The Study on the Relationship between Hypercompetition and Organizational Innovation: The Role of Organizational Learning

2011 ◽  
Vol 467-469 ◽  
pp. 1236-1240
Author(s):  
Hang Biao Shang ◽  
Guo Shuang Tian ◽  
Cai Ping Song ◽  
Yu Kun Cao ◽  
Li Rong Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Environmental Change ◽  
Formation Mechanism ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
External Environment ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Macroeconomic Environment ◽  
Main Factor

This paper studies on the formation mechanism of how organizational innovation is established and developed. We built a model including envirnomental change, organizational learning and organizational innovation. Using the empirical study as a sample of 194 enterprises the results of this paper show that (1) the external environment factors have no direct effent on organizational innovation. The main factor of organizational innovation driven is organizational learning. (2) the industry of environmental change on the organizational learning have a significant impact to organizational learning and changes in the macroeconomic environment had no significant effect to organizational learning.

Effect of Organizational Learning, Transformational Leadership, and Market Orientation on Firm Performance

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (03) ◽  
pp. 1640001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fethi Calisir ◽  
Cigdem Altin Gumussoy ◽  
Ecem Basak ◽  
Gozde Gurel
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Market Orientation ◽  
Structural Equation Model ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Substantial Effect ◽  
Equation Model

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of organizational learning, market orientation, and transformational leadership on the organizational innovation and firm’s performance amongst the firms performing in Turkey. Using LISREL, structural equation-model, the data gathered from 330 employees were used to identify the variables that significantly affect the firm’s performance. The results indicated that 32% of firm’s performance is explained by the organizational innovation and market orientation, and organizational innovation has the strongest effect. However, organizational learning has no substantial effect on firm’s performance, and transformational leadership is also found to have an insignificant impact on the organizational innovation.

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