ACADEMIC Papers
Here you can find all academic publications by INNOVERSITY and Susanne Justesen.
PAPER PRESENTED AT EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE (EURAM)
May 2008: This paper entitled "Innovation Management as Nexialism" was presented at the EURAM08 conference in Lithauania. The paper describes a longitudinal, real-time study of innovation practice, and introduces a new approach to analyzing and managing group diversity in innovation practice. You can download the abstract below, and if you are interested in the full paper, please send an email to research @ innoversity.org
May 2008: This paper entitled "Innovation Management as Nexialism" was presented at the EURAM08 conference in Lithauania. The paper describes a longitudinal, real-time study of innovation practice, and introduces a new approach to analyzing and managing group diversity in innovation practice. You can download the abstract below, and if you are interested in the full paper, please send an email to research @ innoversity.org
THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF HOMOGENUITY IN ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION PRACTICE
11 September 2006: This rather theoretical paper by Justesen was presented at SCANCOR at Stanford University and explores some of the rather surprising constructions of homogeneity in innovation practice. The paper discusses why these dynamics are important to consider in organizational innovation, seen as they are to prevent innovation practice from being innovative practice, e.g. exploitation rather than exploration. The paper is still in the making, but outlines some of the problems arising from groupthink and homogenuity in innovation practice, and the potential consequences in terms of ingroup bias and outgroup derogation in the identification with customers.
11 September 2006: This rather theoretical paper by Justesen was presented at SCANCOR at Stanford University and explores some of the rather surprising constructions of homogeneity in innovation practice. The paper discusses why these dynamics are important to consider in organizational innovation, seen as they are to prevent innovation practice from being innovative practice, e.g. exploitation rather than exploration. The paper is still in the making, but outlines some of the problems arising from groupthink and homogenuity in innovation practice, and the potential consequences in terms of ingroup bias and outgroup derogation in the identification with customers.
ORGANISATIONAL DIVERSITY AS A DRIVER OF INNOVATION
August 2006: This article in Danish was published in CVL Hotline (a publication from Copenhagen Business School) and discusses what diversity is, why it is important and how it relates to innovation and innovative practices in organisations.
August 2006: This article in Danish was published in CVL Hotline (a publication from Copenhagen Business School) and discusses what diversity is, why it is important and how it relates to innovation and innovative practices in organisations.
UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF DIVERSITY AMONG PRACTITIONERS IN INNOVATION PRACTICES (21 pp)
23 November 2005: This seminar paper by Susanne Justesen explores the role of diversity among the actors in and around the innovation practice. The purpose of the paper is to apply and use this understanding of diversity in innovation to challenge and rethink corporate innovation management practice.
23 November 2005: This seminar paper by Susanne Justesen explores the role of diversity among the actors in and around the innovation practice. The purpose of the paper is to apply and use this understanding of diversity in innovation to challenge and rethink corporate innovation management practice.
DANSK ERHVERVSLIV SAVNER INNOVERSITET I TOPPEN
23 maj 2005: Denne artikel i tidsskriftet "Ledelse i Dag" sætter fokus på betydningen af diversitet i forhold til organisation. I artikler argumenterer Susanne Justesen for, hvorfor det giver mening at tilstræbe størst mulig diversitet på alle niveauer, hvis man ønsker en innovativ organisation. De teoretiske argumenter kobles i artiklen med en undersøgelse af, hvordan det står til med diversitet i toppen af dansk erhvervsliv. Justesen har undersøgt sammensætningen af topledelsen i dansk erhvervslivs Top 30-virksomheder og fremlægger her, hvordan det står til med diversiteten med hensyn
til køn, alder og uddannelse. Og resultatet viser, at homogenitet præger toppen af dansk erhvervsliv. Man rekrutterer ledere, som ligner dem, man allerede har. Susanne Justesen formulerer sin hovedpointe således:
»Vi skal turde diversitet, modstand og kompleksitet på hjemmebanen, hvis vi skal gøre os forhåbninger om at kunne matche og navigere i den diversitet, modstand og kompleksitet, der hersker på udebanen«.
23 maj 2005: Denne artikel i tidsskriftet "Ledelse i Dag" sætter fokus på betydningen af diversitet i forhold til organisation. I artikler argumenterer Susanne Justesen for, hvorfor det giver mening at tilstræbe størst mulig diversitet på alle niveauer, hvis man ønsker en innovativ organisation. De teoretiske argumenter kobles i artiklen med en undersøgelse af, hvordan det står til med diversitet i toppen af dansk erhvervsliv. Justesen har undersøgt sammensætningen af topledelsen i dansk erhvervslivs Top 30-virksomheder og fremlægger her, hvordan det står til med diversiteten med hensyn
til køn, alder og uddannelse. Og resultatet viser, at homogenitet præger toppen af dansk erhvervsliv. Man rekrutterer ledere, som ligner dem, man allerede har. Susanne Justesen formulerer sin hovedpointe således:
»Vi skal turde diversitet, modstand og kompleksitet på hjemmebanen, hvis vi skal gøre os forhåbninger om at kunne matche og navigere i den diversitet, modstand og kompleksitet, der hersker på udebanen«.
COMPLEXITY & DIVERSITY CONFERENCE PAPER, BOLOGNA (12 pp)
This paper was presented by Susanne Justesen at an academic conference at University degli Studi di Bologna, Italy in July 2004. The conference was a complexity theory conference, focusing on the role of diversity in complexity theory, and the role diversity plays in exploration and exploitation of new theoretical ground. The title of the paper is: "Innovation, diversity and innoversity in organisations".
This paper was presented by Susanne Justesen at an academic conference at University degli Studi di Bologna, Italy in July 2004. The conference was a complexity theory conference, focusing on the role of diversity in complexity theory, and the role diversity plays in exploration and exploitation of new theoretical ground. The title of the paper is: "Innovation, diversity and innoversity in organisations".
A MINI-PAPER ON GROUPTHINK
This paper was written by Geoffrey A. Walker (University of Northumbria), Paul Robinson (Leeds University), and Susanne Justesen (INNOVERSITY Research). The title of the working paper is "Groupthink Revisited: Communities of Practice, In-groups, Out-groups and the Space Between".
This paper revisits Irving Janis' theory of groupthink in the light of the ongoing debate on legitimate peripheral participation in communities of practice. We argue for a movement in perception from the linear development of community formation to a multi-dimensional model based upon the inter-relationship of the domains of community, practice, meaning, and identity.
Janis' theory of groupthink is outlined and communities of practice defined. From these definitions, we go on to examine the significance of in-groups and out-groups, applying Janis' model to patterns of collaboration and situated learning.
This paper was written by Geoffrey A. Walker (University of Northumbria), Paul Robinson (Leeds University), and Susanne Justesen (INNOVERSITY Research). The title of the working paper is "Groupthink Revisited: Communities of Practice, In-groups, Out-groups and the Space Between".
This paper revisits Irving Janis' theory of groupthink in the light of the ongoing debate on legitimate peripheral participation in communities of practice. We argue for a movement in perception from the linear development of community formation to a multi-dimensional model based upon the inter-relationship of the domains of community, practice, meaning, and identity.
Janis' theory of groupthink is outlined and communities of practice defined. From these definitions, we go on to examine the significance of in-groups and out-groups, applying Janis' model to patterns of collaboration and situated learning.
WORKING PAPER COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL (120 pp)
May 2001: This paper is entitled "INNOVERSITY - A study of the dynamics inherent in the relationship between innovation and diversity" and is based onthe master thesis of Susanne Justesen, which was later issued as a working paper by CBS. The paper explores the gap between innovation theory and diversity theory, and an attempt to bridge that gap by establishing a theoretical link between innovation and diversity.
May 2001: This paper is entitled "INNOVERSITY - A study of the dynamics inherent in the relationship between innovation and diversity" and is based onthe master thesis of Susanne Justesen, which was later issued as a working paper by CBS. The paper explores the gap between innovation theory and diversity theory, and an attempt to bridge that gap by establishing a theoretical link between innovation and diversity.