{"id":215851,"date":"2018-09-15T20:46:14","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T20:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/09\/15\/ent-435-week-2-assignment-1-the-importance-of-innovation-architecture\/"},"modified":"2018-10-24T08:47:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T08:47:20","slug":"ent-435-week-2-assignment-1-the-importance-of-innovation-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/ent-435-week-2-assignment-1-the-importance-of-innovation-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"ENT 435 Week 2 Assignment 1 The Importance Of Innovation Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Importance of Innovation Architecture\t\u00a0\tDetails:\t\u00a0\tIn Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life (2013), Miller and Wedell-Wedellsborg discuss the importance of establishing systems within organizations that promote not only the creativity that results in innovation, but also make it possible for employees to bring innovative ideas to fruition. Miller and Wedell-Wedellsborg argue that a leader&#8217;s primary job &#8220;is not to innovate; it is to become an innovation architect, creating a work environment that helps . . . people engage in the key innovation behaviors as part of their daily work&#8221;\ufffd (p. 4). Such a work environment must be reinforced by innovation architecture&#8221;\ufffdthe structures within an organization that support an innovation, from the brainstorming phase to final realization. The more well developed the architecture and the simpler the processes involved, the more likely employees are to be innovators.\t\u00a0\tFor this assignment, you will research the innovation architecture of at least three companies that are well-known for successfully supporting a culture of innovation. Write a 1,500-word paper that addresses the following:\t\u00a0\t1-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 What particular elements of each organization&#8217;s culture, processes, and management systems and styles work well to support innovation?\t\u00a0\t2-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Why do you think these organizations have been able to capitalize on innovation and intrapreneurship while others have not?\t\u00a0\t3-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Based on what you have learned, what processes and systems might actually stifle innovation and intrapreneurship?\t\u00a0\t4-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Imagine yourself as an innovation architect. What structures or processes would you put in place to foster a culture of innovation within your own organization?\tInclude in-text citations to at least four reputable secondary sources (such as trade journals, academic journals, and professional or industry websites) in your paper.\t\u00a0\tPrepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.\t\u00a0\tThis assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Importance of Innovation Architecture \u00a0 Details: \u00a0 In Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life (2013), Miller and Wedell-Wedellsborg discuss the importance of establishing systems within organizations that promote not only the creativity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/ent-435-week-2-assignment-1-the-importance-of-innovation-architecture\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-215851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215851\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}