Organizational Renewal a Strategic Imperative

Ms. Sonia Taneja; Mr. Mildred Golden Pryor; Mr. Jane Whitney Gibson'; Mr. Leslie A. Toombs

doi:https://doi.org/10.51768/dbr.v13i1.131201203

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Organizational Renewal a Strategic Imperative

Sonia Taneja, Mildred Golden Pryor, Jane Whitney Gibson' , Leslie A. Toombs

https://doi.org/10.51768/dbr.v13i1.131201203

Published Online: January 04, 2012

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1. * Sonia Taneja, Assistant Professor, College of Business and Technology, Texas A & M University-Commerce, Texas, United States (Sonia.Taneja@tamuc.edu)

2. Mildred Golden Pryor, Professor, Department of Management, College of Business and Technology, Texas T&M Univesity - Commerce, Texas, United States

3. Jane Whitney Gibson' Professor, Department of Management, Huizenga School of Business and Enterpreneurship, NOVA Southeastern University, Texas, United States

4. Leslie A. Toombs Professor, Department of Management, Pinkie Roden Chair of Enterpreneurship and Sam M. Walton Free Enterprise Fellow, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin, United States

Organizational renewal can occur as an ongoing, continuous process or as episodic change. Organizations need continuous renewal because it adds a level of stability in the midst of

internal and external triggers of change. The purposes of this paper are: (1) to emphasize the need for continuous organizational renewal and (2) to elucidate the respective roles of organizational culture, the external environment, and internal organizational processes as well as strategic decisions and actions in both continuous and episodic organizational renewal.

Design/Methodology/Approach – This paper involved an extensive literature review of theories and concepts relevant to continuous and episodic organizational renewal. For example, continuous learning and innovation were studied a part of the continuous renewal process. In addition, organizational culture, the external environment, and internal organizational processes as well as strategic decisions and actions were studied in terms of their potential impact on organizational renewal. Finally, a conceptual organizational renewal model was developed which depicts the influence of internal and external elements of change and the role of continuous learning and innovation.

Findings – Organizational leaders must understand organizational renewal theories in order to be better able to invent the future as a continuous as well as episodic renewal process. Leadership assessments, training, mentoring, and hiring processes should be refined to ensure that the people being hired and promoted into leadership positions will function as transformational, organizational renewal leaders for their respective organizations. As organizational renewal occurs, it then impacts learning and innovation so that renewal becomes a self-sustaining, continuous, reiterative process. It is in this way that learning and innovation serve both as the foundation for, and reiterative elements of, organizational renewal.

Research Limitations/Implications – The literature review indicated (1) a need for continuous organizational renewal and (2) the existence and causes of episodic organizational renewal which have the potential for negative as well as positive organizational impact. The authors recognized a need for an organizational renewal model which will be useful to organizational leaders who face organizational renewal challenges on a daily basis.

Practical Implications – All organizations face external and internal challenges which have the potential for negative and/or positive organizational impact. This paper encourages organizational leaders to invent the future by understanding and appropriately utilizing organizational renewal theories and concepts. An organizational renewal model is presented which can be utilized to sustain continuous renewal and thereby support long term organizational viability.

Originality/Value – This paper presents a new conceptual model in which learning and innovation comprise both the foundation for, and impacting elements of, organizational renewal.

Keywords

Organizational Renewal, Continuous Learning, Innovation, Strategy.

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