DocumentCode :
461035
Title :
Environmental Demands and Strategy Construction in Mexican Research and Development Centers
Author :
Díaz-Pérez, Claudia ; Arechavala-Vargas, Ricardo
Author_Institution :
CUCEA, Univ. de Guadalajara, Zapopan
Volume :
2
fYear :
2006
fDate :
8-13 July 2006
Firstpage :
721
Lastpage :
731
Abstract :
The paper presents an analysis of strategy development processes in research R&D centers, under restrictive and turbulent environmental conditions. Knowledge organizations in less developed economies have particular characteristics: high level professional personnel, unique and intensive work processes, high external resource dependence, and a high environmental uncertainty level. In this context, strategy development process is different from equivalent processes in other organizations. What kind of strategies do research and development centers develop in restrictive and turbulent contexts? Through which processes are strategies defined? Where in the organization is strategy shaped? How are strategies and organizational learning processes related? Theoretically, the analysis is done under the structuring theory and organizational learning perspective. Fieldwork comprises five intensive organizational case studies, which include content analysis of more than 150 semi-structured interviews with managers, research and engineering personnel, technicians and administrative workers. They also include an analysis of formal documents and fieldwork. Results show how different kinds of strategies are defined in R&D centers, and their relationship with organizational learning processes. Emphasis is made on the way strategy links environmental demands with internal resources and processes
Keywords :
knowledge management; organisational aspects; personnel; professional aspects; research and development management; strategic planning; Mexican research and development centers; administrative workers; environmental demands; environmental uncertainty level; external resource dependence; knowledge organizations; organizational learning processes; professional personnel; research R&D centers; strategy construction; strategy development processes; structuring theory; technicians; work processes; Chemical technology; Chemistry; Content management; Environmental economics; Industrial training; Materials science and technology; Personnel; Public policy; Research and development; Uncertainty;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Technology Management for the Global Future, 2006. PICMET 2006
Conference_Location :
Istanbul
Print_ISBN :
1-890843-14-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.2006.296605
Filename :
4077448
Link To Document :
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