Innovation and creativity versus control assessing the paradox in IT organizations

Sven Fischer; Martin Boogaard; Marleen Huysman

Innovation and creativity versus control assessing the paradox in IT organizations

Sven Fischer^*, Martin Boogaard, Marleen Huysman

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As a result of the increasingly more turbulent environment of today IT organizations face an important problem: on the one hand they have to control their activities, which requires a certain stability, on the other hand, they need to be creative and innovative, requiring a certain amount of autonomy, which in turn may result in instability. In this paper it is shown that control and creativity/innovation do not necessarily oppose each other. A model is presented that shows how the need for control and the need for creativity/innovation can be matched. Results from empirical research on the diffusion of CASE-technology are used to support and flesh out the model.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Editors	Jay F. Nunamaker, Ralph H.Jr. Sprague
Publisher	Publ by IEEE
Pages	367-376
Number of pages	10
Volume	4
ISBN (Print)	081865080X
Publication status	Published - 1994
Event	Proceedings of the 27th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-27). Part 4 (of 5) - Wailea, HI, USA Duration: 4 Jan 1994 → 7 Jan 1994

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Conference	Proceedings of the 27th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-27). Part 4 (of 5)
City	Wailea, HI, USA
Period	4/01/94 → 7/01/94

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Fischer, S, Boogaard, M & Huysman, M 1994, Innovation and creativity versus control assessing the paradox in IT organizations. in JF Nunamaker & RHJ Sprague (eds), Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. vol. 4, Publ by IEEE, pp. 367-376, Proceedings of the 27th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-27). Part 4 (of 5), Wailea, HI, USA, 4/01/94.

Innovation and creativity versus control assessing the paradox in IT organizations. / Fischer, Sven; Boogaard, Martin; Huysman, Marleen.
Proceedings of the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. ed. / Jay F. Nunamaker; Ralph H.Jr. Sprague. Vol. 4 Publ by IEEE, 1994. p. 367-376.

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