Relationship between innovation and organizational performance in an emergent market

Several writings explore the organizational innovation and relate its effect on the organizational performance. However, few studies, on the one hand, take into account the technical innovation and the management innovation as dimensions of organizational innovation; and on the other hand, they use these dimensions to analyze its effect on the organizational performance.In this paper, the authors analyze the influence of innovation -including the twodimensions mentioned- on organizational performance. Furthermore, the authors examinethe behavior of organizational characteristics as a moderator variable of this relationship. The study was applied to service sector companies. The results indicate that innovationand technical innovation have an influence on the organization performance, while management innovation does not. This strengthens the argument that asserts companies need to improve the low perception they have about the importance of management innovation,for better performances.

Estudio de las interacciones intra-específicas (la competición, la cooperación y la depredación) en las organizaciones: revisión de literatura

Las organizaciones son un ente social y económico que según la teoría clásica debe ser vista como una estructura administrativa. Para Mooney (1947) existen principios los cuales baso en la teoría organización, en donde busca establecer relaciones entre principios, procesos y efectos. Por lo que el satisfacer las necesidades de una población debe ser un proceso que involucre intereses particulares .En este caso la organización debe ser estudiada y evaluada como un sistema que tiene diferentes jerarquías y agentes que interactúan entre si, para cumplir un objetivo. Las relaciones que se generan dentro de una organización, y en este caso una organización privada tienden a dar respuesta a muchas necesidades que como procesos se presentan en el diario vivir; es así como se habla del éxito de las organizaciones basado en la competitividad que generan las habilidades y actitudes del personal, el número de variables, fenómenos y efectos, que busca que los empleados asuman actitudes que conlleven a tomar buenas decisiones (Garcia, 2009 ). Es importante resaltar en las organizaciones, los fenómenos de liderazgo, poder e influencia, cada concepto independiente pero visto conjuntamente desde un panorama organizacional, donde toda relación intraespecifica deben determinarse en los diferentes comportamientos, conductas y culturas del personal de la empresa (Fuentes, 2004). La depredación, competencia y cooperación, son conceptos que indudablemente están presentes en todos los procesos de la organización y serán determinantes en la perdurabilidad de la misma. Por último, la presente investigación pretende establecer los efectos de los fenómenos sociales de liderazgo, poder e influencia sobre las interacciones intra-especificas (competencia, cooperación y depredación) al interior de una organización, de tal manera que se logre explicar el efecto y la correlación que existe entre unos y otros fenómenos (Castro, 2012).

Dealing and discovering a new organizational culture within a very traditional university

La Universidad del Rosario es una de las universidades más antiguas de Colombia, fundada en 1653 y, desde entonces, caracterizada como una universidad tradicional. Existe al interior de la Universidad una Facultades ha desarrollado fuertemente un cambio cultural transformando la naturaleza y desempeño de la Universidad. Esta investigación explora este cambio utilizando un modelo que estudia la cultura como una realidad compleja. El resultado de este trabajo es interesante desde el punto de vista teórica dado que es un ejemplo de “cambio de los agentes” en como una institución antigua y tradicional en términos académicos puede transformarse y cómo puede estudiarse dicho caso.

Assessing organizational climate : Psychometric properties of the CLIOR Scale

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Organizational injustice : Third parties’ reactions to mistreatmentof employee

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Spanish version of Colquitt's Organizational Justice Scale

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Contemporary organizational theory in the management of construction projects

The level of insolvencies in the construction industry is high, when compared to other industry sectors. Given the management expertise and experience that is available to the construction industry, it seems strange that, according to the literature, the major causes of failure are lack of financial control and poor management. This indicates that with a good cash flow management, companies could be kept operating and financially healthy. It is possible to prevent failure. Although there are financial models that can be used to predict failure, they are based on company accounts, which have been shown to be an unreliable source of data. There are models available for cash flow management and forecasting and these could be used as a starting point for managers in rethinking their cash flow management practices. The research reported here has reached the stage of formulating researchable questions for an in-depth study including issues such as how contractors manage their cash flow, how payment practices can be managed without damaging others in the supply chain and the relationships between companies" financial structures and the payment regimes to which they are subjected.

Organizational effects of fetal testosterone on human corpus callosum size and asymmetry

Previous theory and research in animals has identified the critical role that fetal testosterone (FT) plays in organizing sexually dimorphic brain development. However, to date there are no studies in humans directly testing the organizational effects of FT on structural brain development. In the current study we investigated the effects of FT on corpus callosum size and asymmetry. High-resolution structural magnetic resonance images (MRI) of the brain were obtained on 28 8-11-year-old boys whose exposure to FT had been previously measured in utero via amniocentesis conducted during the second trimester. Although there was no relationship between FT and midsaggital corpus callosum size, increasing FT was significantly related to increasing rightward asymmetry (e.g., Right>Left) of a posterior subsection of the callosum, the isthmus, that projects mainly to parietal and superior temporal areas. This potential organizational effect of FT on rightward callosal asymmetry may be working through enhancing the neuroprotective effects of FT and result in an asymmetric distribution of callosal axons. We suggest that this possible organizational effect of FT on callosal asymmetry may also play a role in shaping sexual dimorphism in functional and structural brain development, cognition, and behavior.

Stages of organizational transformation in transition economies: A dynamic capabilities approach

How do organizations previously dominated by the state develop dynamic capabilities that would support their growth in a competitive market economy? We develop a theoretical framework of organizational transformation that explains the processes by which organizations learn and develop dynamic capabilities in transition economies. Specifically, the framework theorizes about the importance of, and inter-relationships between, leadership, organizational learning, dynamic capabilities, and performance over three stages of transformation. Propositions derived from this framework explain the pre-conditions enabling organizational learning, the linkages between types of learning and functions of dynamic capabilities, and the feedback from dynamic capabilities to organizational learning that allows firms in transition economies to regain their footing and build long-term competitive advantage. We focus on transition contexts, where these processes have been magnified and thus offer new insights into strategizing in radically altered environments.

Technology sourcing, knowledge management and governance in international inter-organizational innovation networks

This conceptual paper aims to improve our understanding of how internationalised firms use outsourcing and offshoring strategies to manage knowledge and information through the life-cycle of integrated product-service solutions. More precisely, we identify the appropriate theoretical framework for this analysis and investigate through in-depth case studies how UK engineering firms organise, coordinate, and incentivise work that is executed in globally distributed teams. Our research focuses on their UK and India offices to study the organisation and governance of distributed teams. The research has several theoretical dimensions - organization; geography; time and knowledge - that it addresses as boundary challenges.