Strategies for Introducing Organizational Innovation to Public Service Organizations
Journal
Public Management Review
ISSN
1471-9037
ISSN-Digital
1471-9045
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2013-09
Author(s)
Abstract
As social systems, organizations need to ensure connectivity between established and deviant communication streams to accomplish organizational innovation. This article explores elements and systemic strategies of connectivity formation for the introduction of an organizational innovation such as the concept of crowd innovation in the public sector. For public administrations, crowd innovation represents an organizational innovation since it implies broad participation and the integration of external ideas, and thus often opposes prevalent organizational structures. Our findings contribute to the knowledge on systemic innovation management and suggest that public managers can enhance connectivity formation by addressing semantics, routines, practices, roles, and redundancies.
Language
English
Keywords
Organizational innovation
systems theory
connectivity
systemic management
crowd innovation
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Routledge
Publisher place
London
Volume
16
Number
1
Start page
140
End page
161
Pages
22
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
225819