Innovation Management in Malaysian Organisations a Comparison Between Japanese and Malaysian Organisations
This study was conducted out of the need to examine the innovation management in Malaysian organisations (a comparison between the Japanese and the Malaysian organisations). The innovativeness of twelve organisations, where six are Japanese and the other six are Malaysian, was compared using the...
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| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English English |
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1998
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8059/1/FEP_1998_2_A.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/8059/ |
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| Summary: | This study was conducted out of the need to examine the innovation
management in Malaysian organisations (a comparison between the Japanese and
the Malaysian organisations). The innovativeness of twelve organisations, where
six are Japanese and the other six are Malaysian, was compared using the creative
climate questionnaire (CCQ) developed by Ekvall et. al. (1983). Besides that,
various aspects of innovation in the Japanese and the Malaysian organisations such as the technological and process innovation, product innovation, the cultural and
financial performance of the organisations are being compared.
Data for this research was obtained through interviews, the use of validated
questionnaire, and the secondary sources. The results from this study showed that
both the Malaysian and Japanese organisations are innovative. However, the
Japanese organisations have a more creative climate, emphasize more on
technological, process and product innovations compared to the Malaysian
organisations. The results revealed that the culture of Japanese organisations is
different from the culture of Malaysian organisations in some aspects such as life
long employment, seniority system and status equalization. Besides that, the
Japanese organisations also have better financial perfonnance than the Malaysian
organisations. On the whole, the overall results from this study showed that
Japanese organisations are more innovative than Malaysian organisations.
This research contributes to a better understanding of the innovation
practices in the Malaysian and Japanese organisations. The study may enable
Malaysian organisations to adopt some of the relevant innovations in Japanese
organisations. This study may also help to improve the Malaysian managers' ability to prescribe adequate strategies and tactics that can enhance the success of
innovation practices in the Malaysian organisations. |
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