Could innovative teams provide the necessary flexibility to compete in the current context?

Mercedes Rubio Andrés, Santiago Gutiérrez Broncano and Juan Nicolás Montoya Monsalve

Cuadernos de Gestión, 2015

Abstract: [EN] In the modern era firms should look for a sustainable and profitable business model. They operate in highly volatile and competitive markets. Innovation is a key element that allows firms to survive in these complex environments. Accordingly, some companies are developing human resource models that align to the actual competitive context. For instance, they establish democratic systems, flexible work practices, they focus on responsibility and initiative and increase the self-control of team members. In this framework, firms tend to use resources such as creativity, capacity for innovation or development of human talent. Therefore, innovative teams are able to adapt and react to turbulent, complex and dynamic environments, which allow them to handle in a more efficient way several subtasks. This fact gives rise to a higher effectiveness in the activities of firms. This paper analyze the characteristics and performance of multifunctional teams, virtual teams, open-innovation teams and self-managing teams. It also study the case of Semco, a company that is characterized by its innovative practices in human resources management and focus on responsibility and initiative and increase the self-control of team members.

Keywords: work teams; innovative team; high performance human resource practices; innovation; case study; equipos de trabajo; equipo innovador; prácticas de alto rendimiento de recursos humanos; innovación; estudio de casos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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