TY - GEN
T1 - An organizational activity framework for effective business practices implementation in research-oriented organizations in developing economies
AU - Sanda, Mohammed Aminu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This paper explored the constraints to business practices implementation by Research-Oriented Organizations in Developing Economies. Guided by organizational activity, sociotechnical and macroergonomic theories, data was collected from four research-oriented organizations in four developing countries, and analyzed using actions of identified groups in each organization’s activity system as the unit of analysis. It was found that the emergence of multivoicedness in the organizations’ activity systems created misfits among the organizations components which created systemic problems, ruptures, and breakdowns which constrained the effectiveness of the organizations’ business practices implementations. It is concluded that in the process of business practices implementation, an activity in the organization must be understood not as one activity with its peculiarities, but rather as a real aggregate of several activities and relations arising from the interacting components of the organization. A framework for understanding effective business practices implementation in research-oriented organizations is thus formulated.
AB - This paper explored the constraints to business practices implementation by Research-Oriented Organizations in Developing Economies. Guided by organizational activity, sociotechnical and macroergonomic theories, data was collected from four research-oriented organizations in four developing countries, and analyzed using actions of identified groups in each organization’s activity system as the unit of analysis. It was found that the emergence of multivoicedness in the organizations’ activity systems created misfits among the organizations components which created systemic problems, ruptures, and breakdowns which constrained the effectiveness of the organizations’ business practices implementations. It is concluded that in the process of business practices implementation, an activity in the organization must be understood not as one activity with its peculiarities, but rather as a real aggregate of several activities and relations arising from the interacting components of the organization. A framework for understanding effective business practices implementation in research-oriented organizations is thus formulated.
KW - Developing economy
KW - New business practices
KW - Organizational activity
KW - Practices implementation
KW - Research-oriented organization
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-42070-7_91
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-42070-7_91
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84979675930
SN - 9783319420691
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 993
EP - 1006
BT - Advances in Human Factors, Business Management, Training and Education - Proceedings of the AHFE 2016 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society
A2 - Andre, Terence
A2 - Kantola, Jussi Ilari
A2 - Nazir, Salman
A2 - Barath, Tibor
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, AHFE 2016
Y2 - 27 July 2016 through 31 July 2016
ER -