Question

Impact of organizational structure on innovation

Answer 1

literature in management sciences shows that the construct of innovation constitutes a major concern for both researchers and practitioners in Organizations strategy. The Innovation has been defined by several authors and according to different meanings, Since Schumpeter's work (1934), who considers it absolute and dependent on certain variables, both internal and external to the firm, to those of Miller (1983), who admits it at the very heart of all entrepreneurial activity. In the same Line, Covin and Slevin (1989) associate it, in their work on entrepreneurial orientation, the ability to launch new products or services. Otherwise, the authors agree that the organizational structure plays a central role in the development of a dynamic entrepreneurial of the latter, expressed around its ability to innovate (Green et al., 2008).

In order to stud relationship between organizational structure and innovation, we relied on the contributions of Green et al. (2008) and those of Burns and Stalker (1961), in order to identify the influence of structure both in its organic form but also mechanic on the dynamic innovation according to a sample of SMEs Region of Kenitra-Rabat-Sale. The concept of innovation has been addressed in the context of the work on the concept of entrepreneurial orientation, based mainly on Miller's work (1983) and Covin's and Slevin's (1989, 1991). Our results show that the average obtained for the innovation variable is moderate, to the extent that the average obtained is just over 3.15 on a scale of 5. Thus, the regression analyzes carried out, show a positive and significant effect of the two structures (organic and mechanistic) on innovation, to varying degrees. It could be explained by the fact that, although the company has innovative practices, it can resort to bureaucratic practices and even those they may be the result of its dynamic innovation. Nevertheless, the impact of the mechanistic structure on innovation is largely negligible compared to that of the organic structure.