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Reimagining the Differentiation and Integration of Work for Sustained Product Innovation”, Organization Science 12: 612–631
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@MISC{Dougherty_reimaginingthe,
author = {Deborah Dougherty},
title = {Reimagining the Differentiation and Integration of Work for Sustained Product Innovation”, Organization Science 12: 612–631},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
This study describes the image of organizing that underlies a complex organization’s ability to incorporate streams of inno-vation with continuing operations. I argue that a mechanistic organization archetype prevents people from seeing in their minds ’ eyes—from imagining—how to do the work of inno-vation organizationwide, but that theorists have failed to artic-ulate an alternative to this archetype in its own terms. The study focuses on two elements of organizing: the differentiation and the integration of work. I build grounded theory for an alternate, innovative archetype of organizing by exploring the shared im-age of work differentiation and integration in twelve firms that vary in innovative ability. I find a fundamentally different im-age in innovative organizations that is centered on hands-on practice: People understand value creation as a long-term work-
Keyphrases
organization science sustained product innovation grounded theory different im-age inno-vation organizationwide innovative ability work differentiation mechanistic organization archetype prevents people innovative archetype value creation long-term work complex organization ability mind eye innovative organization twelve firm continuing operation hands-on practice
