Organizational Innovation the successful implementation of creative ideas in organizations Intrapreneurship when entrepreneurial ideas are created inside an existing company Creativity the production of novel and useful ideas Organizational Change a difference in the form, quality, or condition of an organization over time Technology Cycle begins with the birth of a new technology and ends when that technology reaches its limits and is replaced by a newer substantially better technology. ie. when Henry Ford's Model T replaced horse-
drawn carriages or when airplanes replaced trains as a means of crossing Canada S-Curve Pattern of Innovation a pattern of technological innovation characterized by slow initial progress, then rapid progress, and then slow progress again as a technology matures and reaches its limits Innovation Streams patterns of innovation over time that can create sustainable competitive advantage Technological Discontinuity a scientific advance or a unique combination of existing technologies creates a significant breakthrough in performance or function (the start of an innovation stream) Discontinuous Change ADMN 232 FINAL ACTUAL EXAM Questions With 100% Verified Solutions 2024/2025 | Graded A+ the phase of a technology cycle characterized by technological substitution and design competition (follows technological discontinuity) Technological Substitution the purchase of new technologies to replace older ones Design Competition competition between old and new technologies to establish a new technological standard or dominant design Dominant Design a new technological design or process that becomes the accepted market standard (follows discontinuous change) Technological Lockout when a new dominant design (ie. a significantly better technology) prevents a company from competitively selling its products or makes it difficult to do so Incremental Change the phase of a technology cycle in which companies innovate by lowering costs and improving the functioning and performance of the dominant technological design Creative Work Environments workplace cultures in which workers perceive that new ideas are welcomed, valued, and encouraged Components of Creative Work Environments 1) Challenging work 2) organizational encouragement 3) supervisory encouragement 4) work group encouragement 5) freedom 6) lack of organizational impediments challenging work requires effort, demands attention & focus, and is perceived as important to others in the organization Flow a psychological state of effortlessness, in which you become completely absorbed in what you're doing and time seems to pass quickly Organizational encouragement when management encourages risk taking and new ideas, supports and fairly evaluates new ideas, rewards & recognizes creativity, and encourages the sharing of new ideas throughout the company BYOD Bring Your Own Device Supervisory Encouragement occurs when supervisors provide clear goals, encourage open interaction with subordinates, and actively support development teams' work and ideas. Work group encouragement when group members have diverse experience, educations, and backgrounds and when the group fosters mutual openness to ideas; positive, constructive challenges to ideas; and shared commitment to ideas Freedom having autonomy over one's day-to-day work and a sense of ownership and control over one's ideas Remove Impediments internal conflict, power struggles, rigid management structures, and a conservative bias toward the status quo can all discourage creativity.
drawn carriages or when airplanes replaced trains as a means of crossing Canada S-Curve Pattern of Innovation a pattern of technological innovation characterized by slow initial progress, then rapid progress, and then slow progress again as a technology matures and reaches its limits Innovation Streams patterns of innovation over time that can create sustainable competitive advantage Technological Discontinuity a scientific advance or a unique combination of existing technologies creates a significant breakthrough in performance or function (the start of an innovation stream) Discontinuous Change ADMN 232 FINAL ACTUAL EXAM Questions With 100% Verified Solutions 2024/2025 | Graded A+ the phase of a technology cycle characterized by technological substitution and design competition (follows technological discontinuity) Technological Substitution the purchase of new technologies to replace older ones Design Competition competition between old and new technologies to establish a new technological standard or dominant design Dominant Design a new technological design or process that becomes the accepted market standard (follows discontinuous change) Technological Lockout when a new dominant design (ie. a significantly better technology) prevents a company from competitively selling its products or makes it difficult to do so Incremental Change the phase of a technology cycle in which companies innovate by lowering costs and improving the functioning and performance of the dominant technological design Creative Work Environments workplace cultures in which workers perceive that new ideas are welcomed, valued, and encouraged Components of Creative Work Environments 1) Challenging work 2) organizational encouragement 3) supervisory encouragement 4) work group encouragement 5) freedom 6) lack of organizational impediments challenging work requires effort, demands attention & focus, and is perceived as important to others in the organization Flow a psychological state of effortlessness, in which you become completely absorbed in what you're doing and time seems to pass quickly Organizational encouragement when management encourages risk taking and new ideas, supports and fairly evaluates new ideas, rewards & recognizes creativity, and encourages the sharing of new ideas throughout the company BYOD Bring Your Own Device Supervisory Encouragement occurs when supervisors provide clear goals, encourage open interaction with subordinates, and actively support development teams' work and ideas. Work group encouragement when group members have diverse experience, educations, and backgrounds and when the group fosters mutual openness to ideas; positive, constructive challenges to ideas; and shared commitment to ideas Freedom having autonomy over one's day-to-day work and a sense of ownership and control over one's ideas Remove Impediments internal conflict, power struggles, rigid management structures, and a conservative bias toward the status quo can all discourage creativity.
