The Emergence of Novelty in Organizations

The Emergence of Novelty in Organizations
Author: Raghu Garud
Publisher: Oxford University Press (UK)
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2015
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 019872831X

This volume seeks to develop processual understandings of how novelty emerges in the processes of organizing by drawing on scholarship from a diverse range of perspectives. The volume covers creativity, improvisation, invention, entrepreneurship, and innovation in organizations.

The Emergence of Organizations and Markets

The Emergence of Organizations and Markets
Author: John F. Padgett
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 607
Release: 2012-10-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0691148872

The social sciences have sophisticated models of choice and equilibrium but little understanding of the emergence of novelty. Where do new alternatives, new organizational forms, and new types of people come from? Combining biochemical insights about the origin of life with innovative and historically oriented social network analyses, John Padgett and Walter Powell develop a theory about the emergence of organizational, market, and biographical novelty from the coevolution of multiple social networks. In the short run, they argue, actors make relations, but in the long run, they argue, actors make actors. Organizational novelty arises from spillover across intertwined networks, which tips reproducing biographical and production flows. This theory is developed through formal deductive modeling and through a wide range of careful and original historical case studies, ranging from early capitalism and state formation, to the transformation of communism, to the emergence of contemporary biotechnology and Silicon Vally. -- from back cover.

Understanding Novelty in Organizations

Understanding Novelty in Organizations
Author: Maria Laura Frigotto
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2017-08-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3319560964

Providing a first tentative understanding of novelty and a set of implications for organizations to manage it, this book focuses on the potential offered by emergent novelty, namely novelty which is neither designed nor pursued. The author asks how organizations might increase their abilities and strategies to benefit from its early recognition. Such potential is broken down into positive terms and demonstrates how early recognition is beneficial both to organizations which aim to seize emergent innovations as well as those which aim to avoid emergent disasters. Understanding Novelty in Organizations aims to rethink the structure and strategies of organizations to gain a new balance between design and randomness in the generation of novelty. The varied perspectives presented in this work will engage scholars interested in novelty, innovation and creativity, and emergency management.

The Generation, Recognition and Legitimation of Novelty

The Generation, Recognition and Legitimation of Novelty
Author: Gino Cattani
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2022-01-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1801179999

Setting an agenda for a more holistic theory on the emergence, evaluation, and legitimation of novelty, this volume showcases how novelty emergence and novelty recognition correspond to two distinct phases of the journey of novelty, from the moment it is generated to the moment it takes root and propagates.

The Innovation Mode

The Innovation Mode
Author: George Krasadakis
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2020-07-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3030451399

This book presents unique insights and advice on defining and managing the innovation transformation journey. Using novel ideas, examples and best practices, it empowers management executives at all levels to drive cultural, technological and organizational changes toward innovation. Covering modern innovation techniques, tools, programs and strategies, it focuses on the role of the latest technologies (e.g., artificial intelligence to discover, handle and manage ideas), methodologies (including Agile Engineering and Rapid Prototyping) and combinations of these (like hackathons or gamification). At the same time, it highlights the importance of culture and provides suggestions on how to build it. In the era of AI and the unprecedented pace of technology evolution, companies need to become truly innovative in order to survive. The transformation toward an innovation-led company is difficult – it requires a strong leadership and culture, advanced technologies and well-designed programs. The book is based on the author’s long-term experience and novel ideas, and reflects two decades of startup, consulting and corporate leadership experience. It is intended for business, technology, and innovation leaders.

Informal Coalitions

Informal Coalitions
Author: C. Rodgers
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2006-10-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230625215

This book places everyday talk and role-modelling interactions at the forefront of an alternative change-leadership agenda, and introduces a number of practical approaches to help line managers and organizational specialists deliver this agenda more successfully. It is essential reading for organizational practitioners at all levels.

Organizational Hybridity

Organizational Hybridity
Author: Marya Besharov
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2020-12-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1839093544

This book contains Open Access chapters This volume integrates and redirects research on organizational hybridity, the mixing of logics, forms, and identities that do not conventionally go together. It sets a foundation for continued analytical rigor and real-world relevance.

Explorations in Organizations

Explorations in Organizations
Author: James G. March
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0804758972

This collection of recent papers authored or co-authored by James G. March explores contemporary issues in the study of organizations.

The Oxford Handbook of Political Networks

The Oxford Handbook of Political Networks
Author: Jennifer Nicoll Victor
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 1011
Release: 2018
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0190228210

Politics is intuitively about relationships, but until recently the network perspective has not been a dominant part of the methodological paradigm that political scientists use to study politics. This volume is a foundational statement about networks in the study of politics.

Collective Knowledge

Collective Knowledge
Author: Patrick Figge
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2018-05-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3658221801

Collective knowledge and the associated concepts of collectively learning, remembering and inventing are increasingly important in today’s economy and society. Completing knowledge work alone is more and more difficult for individuals. Based on novel data sets which identify founders as inventors on patents and survey data collected from senior management, the author investigates questions about knowledge processing. What determines whether dispersed specialist knowledge can be located and used to complete tasks or to create new knowledge? How are social interactions organized and to what extent do individuals such as founders influence the course of action taken by the system as a whole?