Triggers and Conditions for Innovations in Dubai
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2009-03
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British University in Dubai
Abstract
The dissertation was set out to get a thorough understanding of innovation in
general, the different factors that may trigger the adoption of the innovation, and the
conditions required in the organization to ensure the innovation’s success. The
dissertation aims to enhance the level of innovation in the United Arab Emirates’
organizations, and specifically in Dubai’s organizations. This can be established
through the understanding of the main triggers and conditions that are associated
with successful innovations in Dubai’s organizations. Provided that innovation is
claimed to survive organizations through tough market situations, this dissertation
seemed timely due to the current global credit crunch crisis. Considering the
importance of this topic and its different dimensions, mixed approach research was
selected for this dissertation. The surveys and interviews were conducted
concurrently to collect different information and data from both targeted populations.
The findings of the dissertation revealed several external triggers for innovation in
Dubai’s organizations, such as the client’s demand and the market conditions. The
suggested internal triggers were management’s characteristics, and vision. The
proposed organizational conditions that seemed associated with successful
innovations were the organization’s culture, climate, structure, employee
empowerment, and the allocation of innovation champion. On the one hand, Dubai’s
organizations seemed to associate innovation significantly with the organization’s
climate, staff empowerment, and the allocation of innovation champion. On the other
hand, innovation in Dubai’s organizations seemed to be specifically dependent on the
level of staff empowerment, and a positive organizational climate. The dissertation
was concluded with a set of recommendations to improve the main organizational
conditions that are associated with innovation. This included : guidelines on
emplacing an appropriate staff empowerment, setting an “Enterprise Integration
Group” to align the organizational climate with the organization’s direction, proposed
different approaches on allocating innovation champions, and finally, additional
recommendations included different suggestions on enhancing the organizational
culture, management skills, and employee development.
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Innovations, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), organization, employee empowerment, organizational climate, organizational culture, management skills, employee development