Digital transformation of work: spillover effects of workplace innovation on social innovation

2021 ◽  
pp. 99-113
Author(s):  
Steven Dhondt
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Workplace Innovation ◽  
Work Spillover

scholarly journals “Bologna Digital”—Actively Shaping the Digital Transformation in European Higher Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 583-596
Author(s):  
Dominic Orr ◽  
Florian Rampelt ◽  
Alexander Knoth
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Policy ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Bologna Process ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Strategic Integration ◽  
Strategic Impact ◽  
European Higher Education ◽  
New Vision

Abstract Digital transformation will impact the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and could contribute to developing a new vision for the Bologna Process and for higher education in Europe and beyond. In recent years, research on European and national levels has shown increasing attention being paid to digitalisation and digital transformation by higher education leadership. The 2015 and 2018 Ministerial Communiqués also clearly emphasised the importance of the topic for the EHEA. Yet, a strategic integration of digitalisation into higher education policy and practice remains hard to find. This is for two main reasons: (1) because although digitalisation is often seen as a technical innovation, it must, in fact, be a social innovation for it to have any impact and (2) because higher education as a field of practice, especially in Europe, is a multi-layered system where strategic impact is only possible if all layers are broadly following the same objectives. With reference to policy theory, the authors conjectured that reducing goal conflict and practice ambiguity would help to facilitate a more integrative digital policy and practice. With this aim, the authors launched a White Paper in 2019 to facilitate broad agreement on the potential of digitalisation within the Bologna framework. This contribution provides an interim evaluation of the initiative and its next steps. In this, it provides a reflexive review of how practitioners and researchers in the field might hope to influence policymaking and practice in the area of digitalisation.

Social Innovation at Work: Workplace Innovation as a Social Process

2012 ◽  
pp. 241-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Totterdill ◽  
Peter Cressey ◽  
Rosemary Exton
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Workplace Innovation

Workplace innovation for better jobs and performance

2011 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 404-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Pot
Keyword(s):  
Trade Unions ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Evaluation Research ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Change Projects ◽  
Workplace Innovation ◽  
And Performance

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe the need for workplace innovation policies and practices in Europe and evaluate programs that already have been developed.Design/methodology/approachThe paper describes the concept of workplace innovation and trends in society explaining its emergence. The paper then presents and discusses the results of evaluation research as far as this is available.FindingsA growing number of countries is conducting or developing some kind of programme on workplace innovation. These programmes differ in size and governance. Evaluation research shows that simultaneous improvement of performance and quality of working life is possible under certain conditions such as the participation of employees in change projects.Research limitations/implicationsConcepts and designs of evaluation research projects differ considerably. This gives new challenges for companies, trade unions, governments and researchers. In EU2020, little attention is paid to workplace innovation but there is a ray of hope in the draft integrated guidelines for employment policies and in the Flagship Initiative Innovation Union.Originality/valueSocial innovation in the workplace, or workplace innovation, is a new concept, covering to some extent new practices that appear to be relevant for organisations and governments.

scholarly journals Fostering skills for digital social innovations in entrepreneurship education

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ileana Hamburg ◽  
Gabriel Vladut ◽  
Emma O’Brien
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Global Citizenship ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Technology Skills ◽  
The Core ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills ◽  
Social Innovations ◽  
And Training

Abstract The Digital transformation of society, industry requires new approaches in education to prepare students to deal with technological change. Digital Social Innovation (DSI) is an emerging field, and little known about digital social innovators, organizations, and activities which support them and the use of digital tools for social change. Education must be at the core of society’s response to these powerful forces. Digital social innovations and corresponding skills should be used in all sectors of education and training, because technology skills are essential for global citizenship. Such innovations can be particularly efficient in teaching entrepreneurial skills. In this paper after a presentation of the connection between DSI and entrepreneurship education we give some methods to improve it and examples of projects in this context.

Workplace innovation and social innovation: an introduction

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jürgen Howaldt ◽  
Peter R.A. Oeij ◽  
Steven Dhondt ◽  
Ben Fruytier
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Workplace Innovation

scholarly journals Sociale innovatie: historie en toekomstperspectief

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Pot
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Quality Of Working Life ◽  
Positive Performance ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Workplace Innovation ◽  
Work And Employment

Workplace innovation: history and perspectives Workplace innovation: history and perspectives Workplace innovation (innovative workplaces, social innovation of work and employment) is considered by governments and social partners in a number of European countries, among which the Netherlands and Belgium, as a strategy to improve the competitiveness of its economy and the productivity and quality of public and private organisations as well as to develop the skills and competences of the potential workforce. There is quite some confusion about this concept. This paper shows how the concept developed in the Netherlands during the last 25 years in policy and research and how it has been grounded theoretically in the Netherlands and Flanders.The concept has become a very broad one which requires specification by its users and stakeholders. Research shows positive performance of social innovative organisations. However research outcomes are difficult to compare because of different definitions and research designs. Quality of working life is lacking as an effect variable. A scientific discourse is badly needed.

scholarly journals Workplace Innovation and Organizational Performance in the Hospitality Industry

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 5847
Author(s):  
Jol Stoffers ◽  
Klaes Eringa ◽  
Jamie Niks ◽  
Anne Kleefstra
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Hospitality Industry ◽  
Social Innovation ◽  
Hotel Industry ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Strategic Orientation ◽  
Rates Of Change ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Workplace Innovation

Change has become continuous, and innovation is a primary approach for hospitality, i.e., hotel companies, to become or remain economic viable and sustainable. An increasing number of management researchers are paying more attention to workplace rather than technological innovation. This study investigates workplace innovation in the Dutch hotel industry, in three- and four-star hotels in the Netherlands, by comparing them to other industries. Two samples were questioned using the Workplace Innovation survey created by the Dutch Network of Social Innovation (NSI). The first was conducted in the hospitality industry, and these data were compared with data collected in a sample of other industries. Results suggest that greater strategic orientation on workplace innovation and talent development has a positive influence on four factors of organizational performance. Greater internal rates of change, the ability to self-organize, and investment in knowledge also had positive influences on three of the factors—growth in revenue, sustainability, and absenteeism. Results also suggest that the hospitality industry has lower workplace innovation than other industries. However, no recent research has assessed to what degree the hospitality industry fosters workplace innovation, especially in the Netherlands. However, few studies have examined management in the Dutch hotel industry, how workplace innovation is used there, and whether it improves practices.

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