Social innovation

Organisational Development “To enact a social innovation, an organization must have a capacity for synthesis – the ability to see and develop non-obvious connections between seemingly separate ideas and cultures.” (W. Nilsson & Paddock, 2013, p. 4) Whilst the traditional framing of social innovation produces a dialect which can apply to any situation, be it individuals, organisations, governments or even unrelated instances of social innovation, most relevant to this research is the understanding of the role of the organisation within the process of social innovation. This focus on organisational development stems from the basis that within any group structure the organisation is the continuous source, the ground from which the tree of social innovation grows and therefore tending to its roots is key. Put another way, the organisation is the ecosystem which either enables or detracts from the ability for a group of humans to socially innovate together (Cajaiba-santana, 2014), and it is this relational aspect that the concluding statements (relating to the works of Kaplan (2002)) of the above section were alluding to. As Kaplan (2002) so succinctly puts it, “the new emerges, it is not created. We can only hope to create suitable conditions from which it may emerge” (p. xix), making the organisation the primary environment where such conditions could arise. The importance of developing this environment for repetitive innovation is described below. “In most organisations the…

In order to be a social innovation, a program or product must be novel and innovative—going significantly beyond what exists. The technology that we propose is not really new (although it will continue to evolve), but the application absolutely is. BOTS.GOV will use relatively common technology to exponentially improve many systems that are foundational to our society. It would generate an orders-of-magnitude improvement over the current form of government and therefore qualifies as meeting the…

Describe the Host Organization (e.g. mission, size, focus of work) The Social Entrepreneur Corps is an organization that seeks to foster entrepreneurs in developing countries in order to create social and economical change. The Social Entrepreneur Corps operates in several countries that include: The Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. In these countries, there is a shortage of services and products, such as hygiene awareness and water, and The Social Entrepreneur Corps…

THEORETICAL OVERVIEW Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship To understand what a social entrepreneur is, it is relevant to establish by what means the available literature defines the concept. Social entrepreneurship is a term conceptualized a few decades ago; therefore, there is a lack of a formal or precise definition. Different realms have defined the concept resulting on several interpretations according to the divergent perspectives of the available research of social entrepreneurship…

Introduction: Primary Article: Article 6: Disruptive innovation for social change. Supporting Articles: Article 1: I-form organization. Article 3: Ambidextrous organization. Should multinational corporations adopt a culture of catalytic innovation for social changes? Coming from a developing country, India, I am aware of the social situation in the country. The inequality between the rich and the poor, lack of good medical facilities, high levels of pollution are all a part of almost…

Literature on innovation, though shows contextual biases and disparity (Crossan, M. M., and Apaydin, M., 2010), but mostly refers to innovation as a category that bears the meaning of introducing something new for bringing changes (Godin, B., 2012, working paper no. 12). Thesaurus, on the other hand, suggests innovation as a new state or condition, such as newness, displacement, revolution, youth, restoration, renovation, etc. So, there appears a gap in understanding innovation between…

Social interaction between individuals is integral to many of the activities in the innovation process, such as idea generation and problem solving, knowledge sharing and creation. More specifically, social interaction is important for: spanning organisational boundaries – both internally and externally; transferring tacit knowledge – since such knowledge cannot be codified and shared electronically; the bringing together of knowledge that is typically distributed across and beyond the…

mentioned, I realize that design is not focused on fame. Design should be geared towards making things more functional for the users. I also understand the importance of framing and reframing to acquire a more accurate solution. Innovation, social responsibility, and happiness/pleasure are all key disciplines of design that I had not taken into consideration. Innovation is one of designs most influential values. A value is how useful something is at a…

Inordinate use of electronic contraption is debilitating individuals’ memory. Obviously, the generous advancement of innovation has its beneficial outcomes on education as the has turned out to be more dynamic in the middle of educators and students with innovation. Moreover, student these days can speak with their teachers and take in all the crucial information through the web. Notwithstanding, students if the new eras appears to have few critical issues either with composing complete…

In “Accepting or Rejecting Innovation”, Jared Diamond explains three reasons why people adopt technological innovations. The first factor is the comparison of the economic advantage with existing technology. Wheels are known to be useful in modern industrial societies, but in other societies, they may not have been. Native Americans in ancient Mexico used wheeled vehicles as toys instead of using them for transportation because of the lack of domestic animals at the time, which did not offer any…