Structuring for innovation – a review

Sayan Banerjee, D.K. Srivastava and Rakesh D. Raut

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2011, vol. 4, issue 5, 595-620

Abstract: The paper deals with the fact that organisational structures are omnipotent in shaping the innovation activities of the organisation and structure along with culture is intricately related with the way innovation is managed or implemented in any organisation. This paper has dealt extensively in understanding the two modes of governance that of organic and mechanistic and their interplaying role in shaping the ultimate innovative activity. The review has been extensive including papers from 1952 to 1997 with a concluding paragraph consisting of a brief summary, and some discussions of the review. From 1996 to 2010, a new trend to differentiate innovation has come, namely aspects like 'exploitative innovations'; 'exploratory innovations' etc. are extensively dealt with in innovation literature which in turn gives rise to new organisational structures. This paper has also included those papers from 1995 to 2010 which deals with these new categorisation, new dimensions of innovation which were previously unexplored. This review can be a reference for researchers in the area of organisational studies.

Keywords: organisational structures; innovation management; organisational cultures; organic governance; mechanistic governance; interplaying roles; innovative activities; exploitative innovation; exploratory innovation; organisational studies; business excellence. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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