Technology Innovation and Adoption in the Modern Workplace: Resistance, Ethics, Reassurances, When to Say “No”

Technology Innovation and Adoption in the Modern Workplace: Resistance, Ethics, Reassurances, When to Say “No”

Kelly Wibbenmeyer
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 22
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-5892-1.ch001
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Abstract

Understanding the various types of innovation technology that are currently disrupting organizations around the globe is an important endeavor. Various innovative technologies are defined, and related ethical challenges are explored that organizations face in today's technology climate. Additionally, key methods are examined for an organization to manage employees when they refuse to change, including unfreezing, transition, and refreezing. The importance of alignment of innovation strategy to organizational resources is reinforced, with the best methods to align organizations with innovation success, including when it is okay to say no to innovation within an organization.
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Alignment Of Corporate Objectives And Resources

Before analyzing the various innovation technologies and tools that organizations are considering and the ethical implications of each tool, a company must first address strategy alignment and the impact to ethical practices. Ethical leadership transforms organizations to think differently (Le et al., 2019). Organizations must implement a culture of change to be successful in advancing innovation technology (Stauffer & Maxwell, 2020). Organizational culture is governed by the concepts of organizational identity and how it transforms over time (McDevitt, 2020). McDevitt (2020) states leadership drives the behavior of employees as employees typically shadow the actions of leadership. When leaders are seen as unethical or make unethical choices when it comes to strategy, employees replicate this behavior.

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