University:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Course:
15.501/516 | Accounting
Academic year:

2023
Views:

290

Pages:

10
Author:

Wilson Cervantes

Agenda ? Administrivia ? ? ? IDEO Case Discussion ? ? ? ? Three weeks remaining! Progress Report Feedback IDEO as an entrepreneurial firm Designing a firm for creativity Using a design firm Lessons to date Case Discussion IDEO A Process Model of How Innovation Occurs Through Technology Brokering Industries Step 1: Access Information gaps across industries. Broad industry experience. Step 2: Acquisition Techological solutions enter organizational memory via projects/designers. Step 3: Storage Designers store solutions in memory for future design projects. Step 4: Retrieval Designers retrieve and recombine elements for new designs. Design solutions that are new combinations of existing ideas Network Position Organizational Memory Competitive Advantage Motivation & Creativity Sources of Motivation Internal Motivation (Psychological Needs) Extrinsic Rewards ($, Perks, Status, etc) Intrinsic Rewards (From the task itself) Expectations (About Firm and Individual Performance) Effort → Results → Rewards Motivation to Perform One theory of Internal Motivation: McClelland’s Three Needs ? ? ? Need for Achievement (nAch) Need for Affiliation (nAff) Need for Power (nPow) Extrinsic Rewards ? ? Individuals are extrinsically motivated when they engage in the work in order to obtain some goal that is apart from the work itself Extrinsic rewards = recognition, compensation such as $, perks, status… An outside source that intends to control, or be perceived as controlling the initiation or performance of work Intrinsic Rewards ? ? Individuals are intrinsically motivated when they seek enjoyment, interest, satisfaction of curiosity, self-expression, or personal challenge in the work Intrinsic rewards are derived from the interest challenge and enjoyment of the task itself When people are engaged in the task, they are intrinsically motivated Jobs with Motivating Potential ? Meaningfulness ? ? ? ? Responsibility ? ? Task requires a variety of skills Is a whole and meaningful piece of work The outcomes of the work will “make a difference” to others Allow substantial autonomy to made decisions about how to carry out the work Impact and Learning ? Includes feedback, preferably from doing the work itself, about performance Impact of the Organizational Environment on Creativity Management Practices Resources Creativity Feeds Innovation Innovation Organizational Motivation Expertise Work Environment Task Motivation Individual/Team Creativity Creativity Creativity Skills