Write your discussion post of about 600 words to cover all elements. [Note to writer: In this course, the 70% of the grade is in this type of Discussion Posts. For example, this assignment is 10% of the Final Grade. Please make sure it is well written, all the points answered, and look at the RUBRIC to the grade allotment.]
The last two chapters of our textbook discuss how innovations are diffused within an organization and the consequences of innovations once they have been diffused.
Find an example/case study dealing with organizational diffusion of an innovation and describe the stages of the innovation process within the organization (p. 420-430) [Note to writer: Find an example or a case study that fits to this assignment.]
- Agenda-setting
- Matching
- Redefining/Restructuring
- Clarifying
- Routinizing
Did this process have any champions? Was this a collective- or authoritative-innovation decision?
Describe the internal characteristics of the organization (centralization, complexity, formalization, interconnectedness and organizational slack). Based upon your findings, to what degree to you believe the innovativeness of the organization to be? What role(s) did these characteristics play in the innovation process?
Finally, describe the following consequences as a result of this diffusion within the organization:
- anticipated/unanticipated
- desirable/undesirable
- direct/indirect
