Innovation Cultural Factors in Australian Business Environment

2019 ◽  
pp. 129-145
Author(s):  
Kyeong Kang ◽  
Stephen Burdon ◽  
Grant Mooney
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Business Organizations ◽  
Information Industry ◽  
Industry Association ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Technology Sector ◽  
Innovation Culture

This chapter presents research on innovation culture in Australian business organizations in the information technology sector, with a survey sent out the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) commercial members' executives. The survey was designed to determine organizational culture traits that determine innovation culture from the perspectives of their employees and competitors. Two hundred and forty-four responses were received from 102 organizations. A detailed analysis of the research data using qualitative and quantitative methods leads to the conclusion that the perceived innovation traits. This investigation confirmed that the employer organizations had very good innovation cultures, and this view was further confirmed by responses from their competitor organization. This chapter teases out some of the cultural factors that lead to these outcomes.

Collaborative practices with suppliers in Indian manufacturing multinationals

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 206-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manoj Hudnurkar ◽  
Urvashi Rathod
Keyword(s):  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Collaborative Practices ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Customer Perspective

Purpose The aim of this research was to study collaborative practices with suppliers in multinational manufacturing companies operating in India and to develop a framework for collaboration with suppliers. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted a four-step mixed-methods approach that included qualitative and quantitative methods. Qualitative technique was used to explore the factors and develop a balanced scorecard-based (BSC – balanced scorecard) framework using them. Quantitative technique was used to validate the framework statistically and also by using fuzzy analytical hierarchy process using perception-based ranks given by practitioners. Findings The exploratory research resulted in 26 antecedents for collaboration with suppliers in supply chains. Out of these 26, only 19 were considered based on importance given by practitioners. Further, the identified antecedents were classified and mapped based on the perspectives of the BSC. The extended BSC adds business environment and partnership perspectives to existing BSC framework. Some of the important factors identified under these perspectives were transparency of transactions, long-term commitment and trust. The customer perspective was given the utmost importance by the practitioners. Research limitations/implications There are certain issues that may limit the completeness of the work in a global context. The number of organizations (21) and respondents (45) may also be insufficient to convey the complete knowledge embedded in the practice of the field. Originality/value The study provides practical insights about the factors affecting collaboration with suppliers. A BSC-based framework for collaboration with suppliers was also developed along with the associated importance of each perspective and factors under each perspective, which can prove to be of great value to academics and practitioners involved in relationship with suppliers in supply chain.

Participatory action research with ex-prisoners: Using Photovoice and one woman’s story told through poetry

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 319-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Jarldorn ◽  
‘Deer’
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
South Australia ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Personal Level ◽  
Unexpected Findings

This paper provides an unexpected and extraordinary example of research data from a Photovoice project conducted with ex-prisoners in South Australia. It focusses on the contribution made by one of the participants who chose the pseudonym ‘Deer’. Deer joins me as a co-author, her voice shines in this paper, albeit through a pseudonym she chose for the project. Photovoice, a qualitative research method, uses a feminist framework and typically produces rich thick accounts of lives and experiences that cannot be adequately captured by quantitative research. Both qualitative and quantitative methods of research data collection each have merits, but qualitative approaches tend to engage the researcher, participant and later the reader on a more personal level. Moreover, unexpected findings are more likely to arise when researchers ask participants to express what they believe is important to their experience. This paper provides such an example, where the unexpected gift of poetry adds a deeper dimension to research findings.

Decoding Success Factors of Innovation Culture

2020 ◽  
pp. 477-490
Author(s):  
Stephen Burdon ◽  
Kyeong Kang ◽  
Grant Mooney
Keyword(s):  
Success Factors ◽  
Primary Objective ◽  
Information Industry ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Technology Sector ◽  
Innovation Culture ◽  
Key Innovation ◽  
Enterprise Innovation ◽  
Successful Innovation ◽  
Innovation Attributes

This chapter presents the results and findings of a research project on innovation culture in Australian information technology sector organisations. The primary objective of this study was to establish the determinants of a successful enterprise innovation culture in organisations with a strong industry reputation for radical innovation initiatives. We obtained 244 responses from 102 member organisations of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA). The survey explored the internal and external characteristics of a successful innovative organisation. Both employees' and competitors' perspectives on “what makes a particular organisation a successful innovator” were the main focus. Our findings indicated that the absence of a successful innovation culture is a serious impediment to growth and success. However, preferences for the key innovation culture attributes varied significantly by executive functions, size of the organization and type of ownership structure. Thus, a mix of key innovation attributes should be deployed and tailored to each organisation, based on their industry and strategic objectives.

scholarly journals Paradigm Shift in Business Education: A Competence-Based Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 1348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constantin Bratianu ◽  
Shahrazad Hadad ◽  
Ruxandra Bejinaru
Keyword(s):  
Business Education ◽  
Paradigm Shift ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Ecosystem Dynamics ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Business Competencies ◽  
The Future ◽  
Critical Literature

The fast and unpredictable changes in the business environment lead to significant changes in the future job market. For current business students, the future will offer many new opportunities for their employment but, at the same time, it will also create many threats disguised in the disappearing jobs. Business education centered mainly on knowledge transmission is challenged to switch towards a competence-based approach which includes knowledge, skills, and attitudes. The present research focuses on the need to change the paradigm of business education by creating a new learning environment centered on business competencies, and on a new knowledge ecosystem dynamics. The approach uses both qualitative and quantitative methods. In the first phase the research is focused on a critical literature review, and extraction of ideas for the next phase based on quantitative methods. In order to evaluate the students’ perception on the need of competence-based business education, a questionnaire has been designed and applied to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in business and management programs. Data is processed by using SPSS and deriving six logistic regressions based on the conceptual model designed similar to a hierarchy Findings coming from students show a significant awareness for the need of paradigm shift in business education, from knowledge transfer to business competence development.

scholarly journals Understanding the Key Attributes for a Successful Innovation Culture

2020 ◽  
pp. 97-110
Author(s):  
Stephen Burdon ◽  
Kyeong Kang ◽  
Grant Mooney
Keyword(s):  
Primary Objective ◽  
Information Industry ◽  
Strategic Objectives ◽  
Technology Sector ◽  
Innovation Culture ◽  
Key Innovation ◽  
Enterprise Innovation ◽  
Successful Innovation ◽  
Innovation Attributes ◽  
External Characteristics

This paper presents the results and findings of a research project on innovation culture in Australian information technology sector organisations. The primary objective of this study was to establish the determinants of a successful enterprise innovation culture in organisations with a strong industry reputation for radical innovation initiatives. The authors obtained 244 responses from 102 member organisations of the Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA). The survey explored the internal and external characteristics of a successful innovative organisation. Both employees' and competitors' perspectives on “what makes a particular organisation a successful innovator” were the main focus. The authors' findings indicated that the absence of a successful innovation culture is a serious impediment to growth and success. However, preferences for the key innovation culture attributes varied significantly by executive functions, size of the organization and type of ownership structure. Thus, a mix of key innovation attributes should be deployed and tailored to each organisation, based on their industry and strategic objectives.

scholarly journals Tatwir Kitab “Matan al-Bina wa al-Asas” bi Waraqah al-‘Amal (Student Work Sheet) ‘ala Bab al-Tsulatsi al-Mujarrad wa al-Tsulatsi al-Mazid fi al-Fashl al-Tsani bi Ma’had al-Taqlidi Raudah al-Hikmah al-Waliyyah Pango Raya Banda Aceh

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Fadhil fadhil ◽  
Mukhlisah mukhlisah
Keyword(s):  
Product Development ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Product Testing ◽  
Student Work ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Product Effectiveness ◽  
Random Method ◽  
Banda Aceh

The problem in this study is that student are not able to apply the sharf method to identify fa fi'il and a'in fi'il and lam fi'il in this chapter of the mujarrad and ts ulasi mazid and are also unable to identify a additional letters in the tsulasi mazid chapter and author of the book is not put a distinguishing mark between the original letters and the additional letter in tsulasi mazid chapter. The purpose of this study is to find out the steps for developing and affectiveness of the product development of the book matan bina wal asas with LKS. The population and sampel of this study were all santri in class 2 in dayah raudhatuk hikmah al-waliyah in 2018/2019 totaling 57 people. The method used to select samples is a random method. A sample is 30 people. To collect research data using the following tools: Observasion, interviews, questionnaires and T test. As for analyzing the data researchers used qualitative and quantitative methods. The result of the study are the analysis of needs, and problem, collecting data, designing product, revising the product, testing the first product, revising the product, testing the second product, the final revision, and the final product. The product effectiveness of the development of the book matan bina wal asas with LKS in the chapter tsulasi mujarrad and stulasi mazid in raudhatul hikmah traditional al-waliyah Pango Raya is a researcher doing statiscal calculation whether or not the LKS media are effective? The result of the study show thar the T-count is -9,632 which is smaller than the T-table which is 2,048. So, therefore, accept H0 and reject Ha. Based on the calculation above it can be concluded that the LKS media is effective in learning sharf science

Weak Signals and Wild Cards Leading to Transformative Disruption: A Consumer Delphi Study on the Future of e-Commerce in China

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuan Qi ◽  
Petri Tapio
Keyword(s):  
Delphi Study ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Ripple Effect ◽  
Weak Signals ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Horizon Scanning ◽  
The Future ◽  
Wild Cards

The future of businesses is not only orchestrated by emerging trends and megatrends but also to a greater extent struck by surprising events. With the accelerating presence of high-tech innovations and smart technologies, business activities are exposed to an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous environment. Any unexpected changes in the environment could lead to the malfunction or even collapse of a company, a business, or even an industry. Discerning the seeds of change and anticipating the potential disruptions in the external environment is a precondition for avoiding potential risks and threats. The present study contributes to the conceptual and methodological discussion of disruptive transformation by identifying, analyzing, and interpreting the potential disruptive factors in the external business environment. The venture is undertaken through the lens of probing into the dynamism of China’s e-commerce industry, considering its growing influence both domestically and abroad. Any unexpected disruptions would result in a significant ripple effect on interrelated businesses, industries, and even economies. The research adopts a combined mode of qualitative and quantitative methods in the form of horizon scanning and a Consumer Delphi study. Horizon scanning collects futures signals indicating the seeds of change (i.e., weak signals) and potential disruptions (i.e., wild cards), whereas Delphi study solicits the evaluations on the degree of likelihood and impact of the collected factors from an expert panel. As a result, twenty-seven potential disruptive factors are discovered, categorized, estimated, and discussed.

scholarly journals Visualizing the cultural landscape gene of traditional settlements in China: a semiotic perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zui Hu ◽  
Strobl Josef ◽  
Qingwen Min ◽  
Min Tan ◽  
Fulong Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Prototype System ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Material Appearance ◽  
Cultural Connotation ◽  
Program Language ◽  
Semiotic Perspective ◽  
Landscape Genetic

Abstract China has a deep traditional culture and a very long history, and is very rich in traditional settlements (designated as “Famous Historic-Cultural Villages/Towns”, “China Traditional Villages” by China Government). To help people develop the traditional settlements to achieve the great goal of Chinese National Rejuvenation, Chinese scholar put forward the Cultural Landscape Gene Theory of Traditional Settlements (CLGTS) in 2003. Since then, CLGTS has been employed to solve the issues of Chinese traditional settlements, such as the identification and regionalization of cultural genes in traditional settlements, and the understanding of architectural features. Although CLGTS has made great strides in many fields, there is still a lack of scientific findings in exploring the symbol mechanism from a perspective of semiotics. To explore this, we first examine the core features of CLGTS through a dialectic perspective. We analyze two features of CLGTS in depth. First, CLGTS is the dialectic combination of macro settlement image and micro cultural factors of traditional settlements, material appearance and inherent traditional cultural implications, overall features and local self-renewal mechanisms, qualitative and quantitative methods, superiority of cultural factors and rich cultural connotation. Second, CLGTS is famous for its nonlinearity, self-organization, and self-iteration due to various spatial shape and complex structures. Based on the above, we present the concept of a CLGTS Symbolization Method. Then, we further elaborate the key features, classification methods, and corresponding representation methods of CLGTS symbols. Finally, by using Visual C#.net program language, we develop a prototype system of the Traditional Landscape Genetic Symbol Database (TLGSD) to create and manage CLGTS symbols. Test results show that TLGSD can meet the needs of constructing a CLGTS symbol database for a given region. This study is of great significance to explore and contribute to the CLGTS Symbolization Method.

scholarly journals Visualizing the cultural landscape gene of traditional settlements in China: a semiotic perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zui Hu ◽  
Strobl Josef ◽  
Qingwen Min ◽  
Min Tan ◽  
Fulong Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Landscape ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Prototype System ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽  
Material Appearance ◽  
Cultural Connotation ◽  
Dialectical Perspective ◽  
Application Fields

AbstractChina has a deep traditional culture and a long history, and is rich in traditional settlements (designated as “Famous Historic-Cultural Villages/Towns”, “Chinese Traditional Villages” by Chinese Government). To help people develop these traditional settlements to achieve the great goal of Chinese National Rejuvenation, Chinese scholar put forward the Cultural Landscape Genes of Traditional Settlements (CLGTS) in 2003. Since then, CLGTS theory has been employed to solve the issues of Chinese traditional settlements, such as the identification and regionalization of cultural landscape genes in traditional settlements, and the understanding of architectural features. Although CLGTS theory has made great strides in many application fields, there is still a lack of scientific findings in exploring the symbol mechanism from a perspective of semiotics. To explore this, we firstly examined the core features of CLGTS through a dialectical perspective. We analyzed two features of CLGTS in depth. First, CLGTS is the dialectical combination of macro settlement image and micro cultural factors of traditional settlements, material appearance and inherent traditional cultural implications, overall features and local self-renewal mechanisms, qualitative and quantitative methods, superiority of cultural factors and rich cultural connotation. Second, CLGTS is famous for its nonlinearity, self-organization, and self-iteration due to various spatial shapes and complex structures. Based on the above, we first proposed the concept of Symbolization Method of CLGTS (SM-CLGTS). Then, we further explored the key features, classification methods, and corresponding representation methods of CLGTS symbols. Finally, by using Visual C#.net program language, we developed a prototype system of the Traditional Landscape Genetic Symbol Database (TLGSD) to create and centrally manage CLGTS symbols. Test results show that TLGSD can meet the needs of constructing a CLGTS symbol database for a given region. This study is of great significance to explore and contribute to visualizing the CLGTS symbols.

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