New Frontiers in Industrial Organizations

Nobre, Farley Simon; Tobias, Andrew M.; Walker, David S.

doi:10.4018/jitr.2010010104

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Core competencies of the new industrial organization

Nobre

2011

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

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PurposeThe contributions proposed in this paper are motivated by principles of incompatibility, and non‐equilibrium states, existing between the continuous growth in the level of environmental complexity and the insufficient cognitive capacity of the organization. From such a view, the purpose of this paper is to ask: what are the core competencies of the new industrial organization in the twenty‐first century?Design/methodology/approachFirst, the paper examines the characteristics and limitations of past and current industrial organizations; second, it contributes by extending their frontiers and by proposing technological, managerial and organizational core competencies of the new enterprise.FindingsFrom such analyses, this paper introduces the features of customer‐centric systems (CCS) which represent new industrial organizations in the pursuit of high degrees of organizational cognition, intelligence and autonomy, and consequently, high degrees of agility and flexibility, in order to manage high levels of environmental complexity and uncertainty, to operate through intensive mass customization, and to provide customers with immersiveness.Research limitations/implicationsFor further research, this paper suggests the investigation of practical implementation of the features of the new enterprise of CCS. In such a direction, it recommends additional reading on the concept and design of computational organizational management networks.Practical implicationsThis paper emphasizes that CCS are firm types which strategically organize their resources and competencies around customers' values and needs, in order to involve customers into their business. By involving customers into their task environments and business, CCS‐based firms have the chance to understand their clients' real needs and to produce the appropriate goods and services.Originality/valueThe uniqueness of this paper lies in its attempt to master, analyze and integrate technological, managerial and organizational perspectives of past and current manufacturing organizations, which contribute to illuminate features and to identify core competencies of future industrial firms, which are in the pursuit of innovation and sustainable competitive advantage in the twenty‐first century.

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Core competencies of the new industrial organization

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2011

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

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A new contingency view of the organization: mananging complexity and uncertainty through cognition

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Tobias

Walker

2010

BAR, Braz. Adm. Rev.

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This paper proposes a new contingency view of the organization and it contributes to the theme through two complementary perspectives. First, it proposes cognition as a function which acts as the main mediator between the organization and the environment. Second, it introduces cognition as the core organizational ability which supports individuals, groups and organizations with intelligence, autonomy, learning and knowledge management, whereas, in such a perspective, cognition is viewed as the core resource in the service of the organization. Both perspectives, the mediation and the core organizational resource views, imply that cognition contributes toward managing environmental complexity and uncertainty. From this picture, this work analyzes the organization in the pursuit of high degrees of organizational cognition in order to manage high levels of environmental complexity and uncertainty. Grounded in these views, this paper presents a model of the organization as a set of fuzzy abilities. From all these backgrounds, this research opens new directions for future research on organizational abilities which subsume cognition, intelligence, autonomy, learning and knowledge management as important elements of organizational analysis.

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Dynamic Leadership Models for Global Business

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This book addresses current and aspiring leaders from across the spectrum of organizational types and functional units and encompasses formal as well as informal leadership at all individual, team, unit, and global levels. Chapter one presents an historical overview of leadership and management theory development, outlining the professional and academic framework within which current narratives have evolved. The authors locate leaders as engaged in a complex journey traversing a challenging and rapidly-evolving terrain within a theatre of action that is undergoing a period of global crisis. The reader is introduced to the definitions and debates about leadership and management boundaries, differences, and overlapping responsibilities. Drawing on both theory and practice, current issues and topics are covered in depth.

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New Frontiers in Industrial Organizations

Abstract: This paper proposes the features of future industrial organizations in order to provide them with the abilities to manage high levels of environmental complexity in the 21st century. For such a purpose, it introduces the concept of computational organization management networks.

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Core competencies of the new industrial organization

Core competencies of the new industrial organization

A new contingency view of the organization: mananging complexity and uncertainty through cognition

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