İnovasyon ve Girişimcilik Anabilim Dalı

Mekanikten girişimci organizasyona: Organizasyon tasarımının bireysel düzeyde inovasyona etkisi

Organization Design is a challenging issue that faces organizations in fast changing environments. In this research, we studied mechanical and bureaucratic organization design models, which emerged and developed in a stable context that began in industrial ages, lasted for a long period, and influenced the modern organization design in the 21st century. To understand how modern organization design models evolved, we studied and analyzed Galbraith Star Model as an example. We found that, although he tried to avoid deficiencies of industrial age organization design, he couldn't overcome challenges in the bureaucratic organization design models due to his strong belief in the hierarchal organization. In this research, we studied the impact of organization design on innovation at the individual level. Research found that the mechanical organization design in complex contexts hinders innovation and adaptability. In this research, we proposed an entrepreneurial organization design model that reinforces innovation and adaptability in complex and fast changing contexts. The proposed model was used as an analytical tool in a qualitative research case study of Al Sharq Youth, which is an organization that supports youth activism and innovation. Al Sharq Youth is designed in a networked and decentralized way. Data was collected in the research from open-ended, unstructured interviews and organizational documents that explain the organization design, policies, and procedures. Research found that the organization is facing challenges in implementing full decentralization due to the inability to dispense the tendency to top-down control. Research found that the organization design process is still top-down and centralized at the headquarters and is not participative or inclusive. Research found that the leaders who are supposed to implement the decentralized network model of organization design either donit believe that decentralized network is a practical model of organizing or are not aware of the trade-offs that must be taken to organize a real decentralized network.