Administrative Innovation Research Articles

Effect of organisational culture and organisational learning on organisational innovation: an empirical investigation

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of organisational culture and organisational learning on organisational innovation in knowledge-based companies. Participants included top and middle managers of knowledge-based, start-up and industrial knowledge-based companies. The 133 questionnaires were analysed. This study used a correlational methodology by structural equations modelling in the form of partial least squares to test the measurement model and hypotheses. The results showed that adhocracy culture and clan culture had a positive effect on organisational learning, and market culture and hierarchy culture had a negative effect on organisational learning. Moreover, adhocracy culture and clan culture had a positive effect on technological and administrative innovation, while market culture and hierarchy culture were considered as a barrier to innovation. It was also found that organisational learning had a positive effect on technical and administrative innovations.

Study on the Role of Technological Innovation in Business Administration

With China’s economic development and social progress, China has made great achievements in business administration, and companies in China have grown rapidly. At the same time, companies also face a variety of challenges. While, business administration can enable companies to develop rapidly. Innovative business management could give full of vitality to the development of enterprises. And it has become the trend today. This paper first expounds the current development status of enterprise business management, then analyzes the role of technological innovation in business management, then discusses the strategies of the application of scientific and technological innovation in three aspects, that is, increasing the emphasis on the application of scientific and technological innovation, strengthening the cultivation of talents, and increasing the financial investment of scientific and technological innovation. At last, taking Xiaomi as an example, this paper analyzes the importance of technological innovation in business management. Innovation in business management science and technology can effectively make enterprises sustainable development.

Obstacles to administrative innovation in the secondary school principals in the city of Tabuk

The study aimed at identifying the organizational, personal, cultural and social constraints of the administrative creativity of the secondary school principals in Tabuk city. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used the descriptive approach and the researcher adopted the questionnaire to collect the data. A sample of 32 managers was selected. 1. Obtained the administrative obstacles of the principals of secondary schools in the city of Tabuk on the average (24.2) grade (medium) and at the level of areas; organizational constraints obtained an average of 2.22. Ie, to a moderate degree, while the personal obstacles obtained an average of (2.30). As well as social obstacles averaged (2.19). All of which are estimated (medium). 2. There were no statistically significant differences between the responses of the sample of the study sample on the obstacles of administrative creativity in the secondary school principals in Tabuk due to the variable number of years of service. In light of the results of the study, the researcher recommended the creation of a specialized department in the Department of Education concerned with creative and creative subjects. And intensifying training courses for secondary school principals and administrative leaders in the field of administrative innovation.

Towards a relational innovation

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to work on the relational innovation. Innovation is a key factor in understanding organizations. Emerged as a growth paradigm, it is a good indicator of their priorities. Considered in a more pragmatic way, it has been noticed that other forms of innovation linked to relationships are developing alongside the most formal technological one.FindingsHighlighted in the 1960s, administrative innovation aimed to account for the stakeholders involved and how, by modifying the relationships, they were able to change the configurations of the organization. Since then, the authors mentioned the concept of organizational innovation which has been extended and modified. The term is still being discussed, but it has already appeared in the continuation of previous research.Originality/valueThe authors put forward a related and different form of organizational innovation: a relational innovation. This one seems to be linked to relational patterns of the organization. This theory paper aims to present relational innovation.

Data Innovation Resource, Information Administration Capacity, and Aggressive Benefit: The Judicious Part of Reserve Assurance

The part of data innovation in information administration has dependably been a begging to be proven wrong subject in writing and practice. In spite of existing documentation with respect to the connection between IT asset what's more, information administration, restricted data is accessible on the diverse sorts of IT assets portraying this relationship. We coordinate two research streams rising in information administration what's more, broaden the writing on IT knowledge administration linkage by examining the directing part of asset sense of duty regarding conjure an unexpected asset point of view. Information from 168 associations in China give exact proof that three sorts of IT assets emphatically influence information administration capacity (IAC), which is decidedly related to upper hand. Moreover, this examination distinguishes two positive semi directing impacts of asset responsibility on the IT resource–IAC relationship. In particular, asset duty straightforwardly what's more, emphatically upgrades IAC, and reinforces the impacts of IT human and IT relationship assets on IAC. We talk about the hypothetical and viable ramifications of the outcomes.

Data Innovation Resource, Information Administration Capacity, and Aggressive Benefit: The Judicious Part of Reserve Assurance

The part of data innovation in information administration has dependably been a begging to be proven wrong subject in writing and practice. In spite of existing documentation with respect to the connection between IT asset what's more, information administration, restricted data is accessible on the diverse sorts of IT assets portraying this relationship. We coordinate two research streams rising in information administration what's more, broaden the writing on IT knowledge administration linkage by examining the directing part of asset sense of duty regarding conjure an unexpected asset point of view. Information from 168 associations in China give exact proof that three sorts of IT assets emphatically influence information administration capacity (IAC), which is decidedly related to upper hand. Moreover, this examination distinguishes two positive semi directing impacts of asset responsibility on the IT resource–IAC relationship. In particular, asset duty straightforwardly what's more, emphatically upgrades IAC, and reinforces the impacts of IT human and IT relationship assets on IAC. We talk about the hypothetical and viable ramifications of the outcomes.

Learning, innovation and high performance in knowledge-based firms

Although employee management research has established significant relations between high performance work systems (HPWSs) and financial and market performance, few studies have considered the important role of HPWS in other organizational functions such as learning and innovation. Whereas, accordin g to literature, both innovation and learning which are of the most important factors for firm’s survival, generally result from employees’ behavior. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore potential impacts of HPWSs on organizational learning (OL) and innovation. A set of research hypotheses are tested using sample data collected from 112 employees of electricity distribution companies of Isfahan province. The proposed HPWS consists training and development, pay for performance, career development, participation in decision making, and job security, while innovation includes product, process and administrative innovation and OL is a four dimensional construct of knowledge acquisition, knowledge distribution, knowledge interpretation, and organizational memory. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) reveals that HPWS positively affects OL and innovation. Moreover, the research results show that there is an indirect effect of HPWS on innovation through OL.

The Elusiveness of Equity: Evolution of Instructional Rounds in a Superintendents Network

The practice of instructional rounds is a recent innovation in educational administration, intended to support administrators’ understanding of instruction through the development of common language. This longitudinal study examines the rounds practice of a network of superintendents over 6 years to understand how rounds serves as a vehicle for addressing inequities in students’ educational experiences. Using Scott’s concept of normative, regulative, and cultural-cognitive pillars, we investigate the practice to see how the network addressed issues of equity in 21 visits. Findings demonstrate that increased attention to equity in the protocol and visit expectations resulted in increased attention to equity. However, conversations manifested three patterns that functioned to curtail a focus on equity: understating race, the “culture of nice,” and following the protocol. We conclude with implications for how rounds can be structured to bring equity into sustained focus, with an understanding of regulative, ...

تأثير البرامج التدريبية على الإبداع الإداري لدى الموظفين في الهيئة العامة للمعاشات والتأمينات الاجتماعية بدولة الإمارات العربية = Effect of Training Programs on Administrative Innovation among UAE

تنمية الموارد البشرية | البرامج التدريبية | تقيم الأداء | الإبداع الإداري | التدريب | الاحتياجات التدريبية | Human Resources Development | Training Programs | Performance Assessment | Administrative Innovation | Training | Training Needs

R&D strategy and innovation performance: the role of standardization

ABSTRACTFirms now increasingly recognise the important role of R&D strategy in building technological advantage. However, few attempts have linked standardisation with specific R&D strategies in explaining innovation performance. To bridge this gap, this study empirically examines the relationships between R&D strategies, standardisation, and firms’ innovation performance. Based on a sample of 371 firms in China, we use structural equation modelling (SEM) and find that novelty-oriented R&D strategy generates greater accumulation of standardisation knowledge and standards diversity, while R&D openness only positively relates to this standardisation knowledge accumulation. Moreover, standardisation knowledge accumulation is positively related to both administrative and technical innovation performance, while a greater variety of standards only leads to higher administrative innovativeness. More importantly, our results reveal that accumulation of standardisation knowledge mediates the relationships between R&D novelty and administrative and technical innovation performances. Both the theoretical and practical implications that arise from these findings are discussed.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF USING INNOVATION AND CREATION MANAGEMENT APPLIED STUDY ON THE CENTRAL AGENCY FOR ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION

The organizations aim at efficiency, prosperity and growth, which requires to learn new methods of management, in order to face the contemporary challenges , while working to achieve their goals. Whereas the environmental impact of the use of innovation and creation management in government units is focused on addressing the internal and external environmental changes of these units, which relates to the developments that have resulted from the information revolution and the technological trend in the business, which necessitates the organizations to respond to these developments by making the modifications that accompany these developments. Responding to new ideas and modern methods that enable organizations to address these challenges and problems. Where different organizations face many issues and problems that require their leaders and employees to think about reducing the reliance on the traditional approach based on trying and error in solving problems, and try to employ the creative approach in this regard. The management writers and managers today think that the need for organizations to Administrative innovation is an urgent need imposed by economic, social, political, cultural and other changes in society, as well as the changing and complex circumstances of contemporary organizations. The internal environment of governmental organizations in terms of administrative leadership and organizational aspects, as well as the external environment of governmental organizations in terms of legislation and governing laws and the surrounding cultural and social aspects affecting them may be hindered or counteracting the creativity and administrative innovation of these organizations, thus affecting the services provided To citizens and to the environment surrounding the organization positively or negatively by degree of empowerment or restriction of creativity and innovation in those organizations (Muhammad et al.,2016). Therefore, the research deals with the environmental impact of using the management of creativity and innovation in governmental organizations by applying them to the central organization for management and administration, in order to improve the performance of the system and the employees. Keywords: administrative innovation, management of creativity

THE IMPACT OF INNOVATION STRATEGY TOWARD BUSINESS COMPETITIVENESS OF MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN SURABAYA, INDONESIA

This study aimed to examine and analyze the effect of administrative innovation on business competitiveness, technical innovations on business competitiveness, process innovation on business competitiveness, and product innovation on business competitiveness. This research conducted at manufacturing industry in Surabaya City, Indonesia. The number of samples was 100 business units, where the top manager or middle managers as the respondent. Methods of analysis use both descriptive statistical and Structural Equation Model (SEM). Data processed by IBM AMOS software. The results show that innovation strategy which consists of administrative innovation, technical innovation, process innovation, and product innovation can enhance organizational competitiveness in the manufacturing industry context. Administration innovation has a positive effect on business competitiveness. Technical innovation has a positive effect on business competitiveness. Process innovation has a positive effect on business competitiveness. Then, product innovation has a positive effect on business competitiveness. Process innovation has greater influence in improving business competitiveness compared to other innovation strategies.

Reforma Gerencial em Contexto Local: Estudo Comparado dos Municípios de Osasco e Niterói

No contexto brasileiro as reformas gerenciais iniciadas na década de 1990 são legados sólidos com experiências em âmbito federal e também subnacional. Passadas quase duas décadas deste movimento de reforma, as experiências municipais são mais recentes - e quase residuais se desconsiderarmos as capitais, havendo pouco acúmulo sobre os resultados obtidos nestes casos. O trabalho de Abrucio e Gaetani (2006) identificou como fatores para a formação de alianças e coalizões que influenciam a reforma gerencial em estados: a) o efeito da questão fiscal; b) inovações administrativas que geraram path dependence; c) o peso dos “policies entrepreneurs”; e d) a “janela de oportunidade” aberta. Partindo desta categorização, propõe-se uma pesquisa empírico-teórica que toma como referência o estudo comparado de dois casos que configuram experiências recentes de reformas gerenciais no âmbito municipal, quais sejam: Osasco e Niterói, a fim de verificar os elementos da categorização e ampliar a discussão para casos contemporâneos. Como contribuições do trabalho defende-se a necessidade de compreender a melhoria da gestão pública como escolha política ressalvando-se a pertinência e relevância desse legado para os municípios brasileiros.

Administrative Innovations and Accountability Failures: The Termination of the Spanish Telecommunications Agency

We discuss how far accountability practices may be relevant to the success of independent regulators in countries without a tradition of administrative autonomy. We develop a conceptualisation of agency accountability failures and develop an analytical framework to examine the life and termination of the Spanish regulatory agency for telecommunications, CMT (Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones - Telecommunications Market Commission). We argue that the CMT’s termination was related, among other reasons, to accountability failures in its institutional design. The paper relies on a variety of sources, including legislation, literature, media coverage, and semistructured interviews with agency officials and several stakeholders.

The dominant role of governing structure in cross-sector collaboration in developing China: two case studies of information integration in local government one-stop services

ABSTRACTThe one-stop services campaign has been a local government administrative innovation in developing China in the last two decades to integrate administrative resources and provide citizens with more convenient services. Public information integration, which is generally seen as a driving force to promote one-stop service transformation, depends on cross-sector collaboration rather than e-government technologies. In the cross-sector collaboration research literature, Bryson’s [(2006). The design and implementation of cross-sector collaborations: Propositions from the literature. Public Administration Review, 66(s1), 44–55] framework has achieved an important position for generalizing former theories and factors, asserting the interaction between governing structures and operational processes in collaboration. However, Chinese practices show that benefit divisions and power structures often play more dominant roles than operational factors. Based on Bryson’s framework, this study proposes an extended framework that emphasizes the dominant role of governing structure. It also conducts a comparative case analysis of two information integration projects involving local government one-stop service centers in Beijing and Chengdu. This study attempts to reveal the key determinants of cross-sector collaboration and information integration based on the revised framework in developing China.

Conversation with Ted Jackson, Carleton University

E xchanges In the E xchanges, we present conversations with scholars and practitioners of community engagement, responses to previously published material, and other reflections on various aspects of community-engaged scholarship meant to provoke further dialogue and discussion. We invite our readers to offer in this section their own thoughts and ideas on the meanings and understandings of engaged scholarship, as practiced in local or faraway communities, diverse cultural settings, and various disciplinary contexts. We especially welcome community-based scholars’ views and opinions on their collaboration with university-based partners in particular and on engaged scholarship in general. Below, N atalia Khanenko-Friesen talks to Edward “T ed” Jackson about his work and his views on engaged scholarship in Canada. Dr. Jackson is a Senior Research Fellow of Carleton Centre for Community Innovation and Adjust Research Professor in Public Policy and Administration, International Affairs and African Studies at Carleton In the Exchanges, we present conversations with scholars and practitioners of community engagement, responses to previously published material, and other reflections on various aspects of community-engaged scholarship meant to provoke further dialogue and discussion. We invite our readers to offer in this section their own thoughts and ideas on the meanings and understandings of engaged scholarship, as practiced in local or faraway communities, diverse cultural settings, and various disciplinary contexts. We especially welcome community-based scholars’ views and opinions on their collaboration with university-based partners in particular and on engaged scholarship in general. Below, Natalia Khanenko-Friesen talks to Edward “Ted” Jackson about his work and his views on engaged scholarship in Canada. Dr. Jackson is a senior research fellow of Carleton Centre for Community Innovation and adjunct research professor in Public Policy and Administration, International Affairs and African Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa. Ted Jackson served as a the conference convenor for C2UExpo, held at the Carleton in May 2015.

Implementing innovations within organizations: a systematic review and research agenda

Contemporary organizations often adopt innovations as their top priority to survive severe global competition and the rapidly changing business environment. Although organizational gains from using an innovation (i.e. innovation success) appear to largely depend on the correct decision to adopt an effective innovation, ultimately, innovation success cannot be obtained until individuals consistently use or implement the innovation (i.e. implementation success). Considering the importance of innovation implementation, we scrutinize the factors influencing the implementation process and outcomes for all innovation types (e.g., technological and process, service and product, and administrative innovation). Specifically, we conduct a systematic review of the existing studies on innovation implementation and categorize the factors into four groups: innovation characteristics, social factors, organizational factors, and individual factors. Drawing on the findings obtained from our investigation and our insights shaped during the systematic review process, we suggest three future research agendas: (a) consider individual factors as the primary predictors of an individual’s implementation behavior toward innovation; (b) examine the possibility that innovations change during their implementation and that multiple forms of implementation outcomes can result; and (c) uncover the implementation mechanism of organizations that continuously adopt and implement innovations over a prolonged period.

Innovation networks in the German energy industry

PurposeThis paper aims to focus on how different types of knowledge are exchanged within innovation networks in the German energy industry. External factors such as market pressure through liberalization, de-carbonization and decentralization challenge established actors in the industry. Answers to these challenges cannot be found by single actors but require networks to gather and concentrate innovation activities. This implies a need for knowledge transfer among energy providers. The authors aim at exploring knowledge exchange relations in-depth by treating them as multidimensional flows which can comprise technological, market, managerial or regulatory knowledge. In detail, the authors examine patterns of knowledge exchange on network-, dyad- and firm-level. Furthermore, first, empiric results are provided on how two of these patterns, namely, a firm’s propensity to form multiplex instead of uniplex ties as well as the composition of externally acquired knowledge concerning the four types, influence organizational innovativeness.Design/methodology/approachThe authors address their research questions by conducting an in-depth investigation of the largest network of municipal utilities in Germany. The analysis is based on quantitative data collected via standardized online questionnaires drawing on socio-metric methods to reconstruct knowledge exchange networks as well as traditional approaches from socio-empiric research to evaluate firm innovativeness.FindingsThe findings indicate that while technological, market, managerial and regulatory knowledge represent different types of knowledge with different exchange patterns, these transfers are interdependent. In particular, the analysis reveals non-hierarchical relations of complementarity. The authors furthermore provide evidence for the existence of ideal profiles for attaining different types of innovation. One central tendency across all of these profiles is that outperformers acquire regulatory knowledge to a significantly lesser degree than other firms and focus more on the other types instead.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper solely focusses on the largest network of municipal utilities whereby it is questionable how representative it is for the whole industry. Additionally, due to the cross-sectional design, the paper cannot fully rule out issues of endogeneity in the quantitative analysis.Practical implicationsThis paper delivers valuable insights for managers in the energy sector who seek to either enter and manage inter-organizational networks or apply external knowledge to foster innovation. In particular, the authors reveal benchmark profiles for external knowledge acquisition which may serve as templates for strategic collaboration and innovation management.Originality/valueTo the authors’ knowledge, this paper presents the first innovation-related network analysis in the energy industry. Rather than operationalizing knowledge transfer as a simplex flow relation, the authors examine different types of knowledge, their patterns of exchange and their distinct effects on process, product and administrative innovations.

Innovation Perspectives in Local Administration at the Beginning of the “Age of Cities”

This paper represents an insight of the public administration process to adapt to innovation. The particularities consist in the fact that, at least in Romania and other CEE countries, this process is rooted not only in the objective reality, but also this process has to include the adaptation of the (centralized) “state” to the market conditions. Somehow, it may be a contradiction between state/central/local administration and the market. Traditionally (or conservatively), the public administration is known as an exponent of the state, a state that must address equally, equitably and objectively the whole community and to ensure the right conditions for its correct functioning. The latter concept – market – is the opposite of the state, it implies competition, preferences, some kind of democratic (as opposite to central) participation at the city life. The nowadays realities put public and private face to face, forcing them to find a way to co-exist and co-create for the benefit of the whole community. The two sectors have all the conditions to collaborate, considering the scale of the flows, including the flows of innovation and knowledge that characterize our society today. The research is focused on the ”status” of innovation in Romania, in general, and in public administration, in particular. In spite of its evolution from the centralized state to the EU democratic state, the innovation in public administration is perceived more as a restructuration or reorganization process required by the European Union. The underestimate of the innovation in the public administration is explained by the generally reduced interest paid to innovation both in the private as well as public sector, as revealed by the secondary data analyze we conducted within the documentation for this paper. The in-depth interviews are trying to explain how the local administration practically works, considering the innovation process. The results should be understood and further discussed from the larger perspective of new development trends, models and performance of cities all worldwide.

The Relationship between Administrative Innovation and Competitive Advantage in Yemeni Private Universities

The study aimed to identify the relationship of administrative innovation to achieve competitive advantage in private universities in Yemen. The researchers used quantitative method to answer the questions of the study and used a questionnaire for collecting data about the variables of the study: administrative innovation and competitive advantage. The results of the statistical analysis showed a positive significant relationship between three dimensions of administrative innovation (innovation climate, innovative behavior, implementation of innovation) and competitive advantage in private universities in Yemen. The correlation was (0.72) at the significant level of (0.05); however, there was no relationship between innovative capabilities and competitive advantage. The study results showed that the universities which encourage the adoption of administrative innovation have a better chance to achieve sustainable competitive advantage which cannot be overtaken.
 Keywords: Administrative innovation, Competitive advantage, Private universities.