Time pressure and improvisation: enhancing creativity, adaption and innovation at high speed

Abstract

Purpose – Organizations are becoming more focused on time pressures when introducing innovation and creativity into their organizations. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the opportunity for organizations to focus on improvisation training as a way to gain a competitive advantage and leapfrog their competitors. Design/methodology/approach – This paper takes the approach of identifying a model of improvisation training for organizations that focuses on the convergence of planning and executive for promoting innovation training practices. Findings – This paper’s main findings are that the time pressures faced by organizations means that there is a funnel limiting the link between creativity, adaption and innovation. This means that improvisation training needs to be done quickly, and organizations need to act efficiently when introducing new practices. Originality/value – This paper’s key value is that organizations can use improvisers by using bricolage and ready-mades to take existing concepts and apply them to new situations.

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So much theory, so little practice: a literature review of workplace improvisation training

“…A number of earlier works have provided definitions of improvisation (Cunha et al, 1999;Miner et al, 2001;Moorman and Miner, 1998) from these and others, this paper adopts the following definition of improvisation: Improvisation is creativity, adaptation and innovation under time pressure (Hodge and Ratten, 2015).…”

“…Spontaneity. Improvisation is by definition spontaneous (Hodge and Ratten, 2015). Crossan (1998) points to early research by Mintzberg that identified the sheer volume of management behaviour that is spontaneous in nature.…”

Análise Comparativa Entre Os Métodos De Previsão De Demanda Em Uma Indústria De Higiene Pessoal; Perfumaria E Cosméticos Localizada Em Teresina-Pi

“…Esse cenário traz novos desafios aos gestores que precisam ajustar os princípios de administração da era industrial para ao novo contexto vivido pelas organizações (JAMBEKAR; PELC, 2007;MAGNI et al 2017). Nessas condições, a improvisação tem sido considerada pelos administradores e estudiosos na resolução de problemas corporativos (RANKIN et al 2013;RATTEN, 2015;HODGE, 2016).…”

“…Para o autor, quando as organizações promovem a liberdade de improvisar beneficiam a transferência de conhecimento entre os indivíduos, um processo essencial para as organizações que querem criar novos conhecimentos e inovar. Uma organização que promove a improvisação, naturalmente, reforça na sua equipe a habilidade de inovar rapidamenteRATTEN, 2015).…”