A model for measuring organizational innovativeness in the housebuilding industry
Series of criticisms have been leveled at the construction industry for the slow in innovativeness, Abandonment of Government projects; shoddy works, not being environmentally conscious and so forth. For the industry to sustain itself over the next decade, a change in mindset and the way of doing...
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| author | Kamaruddeen, Ahmed Mohammed Yusof, Nor Aini Said, Ilias Zainul Abidin, Nazirah |
| author_facet | Kamaruddeen, Ahmed Mohammed Yusof, Nor Aini Said, Ilias Zainul Abidin, Nazirah |
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| description | Series of criticisms have been leveled at the construction industry for the slow
in innovativeness, Abandonment of Government projects; shoddy works, not being
environmentally conscious and so forth. For the industry to sustain itself over the next
decade, a change in mindset and the way of doing business is fundamental. This has call
for research on the organizational innovativeness of the house building industry in Malaysia.
Innovation is a complex and systemic process, which is hardly captured in its totality through
indicators of input and output. A couple of methods for measuring organizational
innovativeness have been identified in the literature. However, none of these methods has
been adopted for measuring the organizational innovativeness of the housing developers.
The Oslo manual for innovation survey is the most widely used instrument for large scale
innovation surveys, it recognize that dissemination mechanisms and incremental change
account for most of the innovation occurring in developing countries, owing to the particular
characteristics of the society and the economy in many of these countries which influence
innovation processes in many ways. How ever, its adoption for measuring firm innovation in
developing countries has been criticized. This paper attempts to suggest the most
appropriate instrument for the measurement of organizational innovativeness in the house
building industry. |
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| spelling | usm-347132017-05-30T05:00:31Z http://eprints.usm.my/34713/ A model for measuring organizational innovativeness in the housebuilding industry Kamaruddeen, Ahmed Mohammed Yusof, Nor Aini Said, Ilias Zainul Abidin, Nazirah TH1-9745 Building construction Series of criticisms have been leveled at the construction industry for the slow in innovativeness, Abandonment of Government projects; shoddy works, not being environmentally conscious and so forth. For the industry to sustain itself over the next decade, a change in mindset and the way of doing business is fundamental. This has call for research on the organizational innovativeness of the house building industry in Malaysia. Innovation is a complex and systemic process, which is hardly captured in its totality through indicators of input and output. A couple of methods for measuring organizational innovativeness have been identified in the literature. However, none of these methods has been adopted for measuring the organizational innovativeness of the housing developers. The Oslo manual for innovation survey is the most widely used instrument for large scale innovation surveys, it recognize that dissemination mechanisms and incremental change account for most of the innovation occurring in developing countries, owing to the particular characteristics of the society and the economy in many of these countries which influence innovation processes in many ways. How ever, its adoption for measuring firm innovation in developing countries has been criticized. This paper attempts to suggest the most appropriate instrument for the measurement of organizational innovativeness in the house building industry. 2008-12 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/34713/1/HBP29.pdf Kamaruddeen, Ahmed Mohammed and Yusof, Nor Aini and Said, Ilias and Zainul Abidin, Nazirah (2008) A model for measuring organizational innovativeness in the housebuilding industry. In: 2nd International Conference on Built Environment in Developing Countries., 3rd- 4th December 2008, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pulau Pinang. |
| spellingShingle | TH1-9745 Building construction Kamaruddeen, Ahmed Mohammed Yusof, Nor Aini Said, Ilias Zainul Abidin, Nazirah A model for measuring organizational innovativeness in the housebuilding industry |
| title | A model for measuring organizational innovativeness in the housebuilding industry |
| title_full | A model for measuring organizational innovativeness in the housebuilding industry |
| title_fullStr | A model for measuring organizational innovativeness in the housebuilding industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | A model for measuring organizational innovativeness in the housebuilding industry |
| title_short | A model for measuring organizational innovativeness in the housebuilding industry |
| title_sort | model for measuring organizational innovativeness in the housebuilding industry |
| topic | TH1-9745 Building construction |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/34713/ http://eprints.usm.my/34713/1/HBP29.pdf |