Innovation Strategies

There are various techniques that the management can use to identify the ideas of employees without necessarily having to face the employees one by one. Some of these methods are sending a weekly communication message to generally all employees in an organization (Jaskyte, 2012). Organizations which have applied these techniques have benefited from it since it has allowed the management to get a clear response and also connect with the employees mainly through sending emails and newsletters.

Holding general meetings with all the employees present can also be a clear strategy to identify the different ideas that the employees might be having. Meetings are a great way of connecting with all the employees especially while maybe offering bonuses (Dawson and Andriopoulos, 2014). These methodologies apply the use of team management which allows the organizations to generally engage with the employees at any particular time by use of group forums to discuss on the different ideologies that a member might be having.

Challenges which might arise from using now and then group meetings are that some members may ridicule the ideas generated by other members. This will eventually discourage other members from contributing unless it is by the use of an inquiry box which can be mounted in various places in the compound.  The benefits of using an email to communicate are that it is a private way of communication and a fast way to get genuine personal responses (Goetsch and Davis, 2014). It also assists in saving time since it does not require face to face conversations.  The costs of using this method are that it needs a lot of investment in terms of internet and use of Smartphone’s to communicate effectively. Some employees might not be having access to such devices therefore not a convenient way.

References

Dawson, P., & Andriopoulos, C. (2014). Managing change, creativity and innovation. Sage.

Goetsch, D. L., & Davis, S. B. (2014). Quality management for organizational excellence. Upper Saddle River, NJ: pearson.

• Jaskyte, K. (2012). Boards of directors and innovation in nonprofit organizations. Nonprofit Management & Leadership, 22(4), 439–459.
• Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.