Swanson and friend (I am feeling a bit non-PC today) give us this week a exploratory paper that is very theoretical and conceptual. The authors seem to be well-meaning, but this material seems to be in the ether for me. I am very skeptical of their evidence, or could I be mindlessly critical, jumping on a bandwagon?
I do think Swanson is onto something; it seems that this will make a good stepping stone into other research endeavors, particularly in org behavior or IT in the DSS realm. This paper seems to point to mindless decision-making as group think or lack of internal innovation. I agree with much of what they imply. I believe that the authors could have had more qualitative and/or empirical material to help support their theory and models.
I did find their analysis of innovation to be interesting. I am not sure that they have a comprehensive model for the interplay between innovation and the organization, but it is an interesting concept. I would be curios to see if other fiends have developed similar or conflicting models compared to Swanson et al's. I would assume that mangement and org behavior researchers have taken a swag at how innovation is integrated and accepted within the organization. This is a very important topic though and I would be interested in looking for a further expansion of this research. It even has the potential to be useful in my 360 paper.
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Agree. Organizational behavior or religion research would be the next logical stepping stone. People tend to act and behave with much more religious values when they get older.