Innovation through involvement

McConville, James

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“…So, many researchers cite the communication as an important element for the success of the suggestion system (Arthur et al, 2010;McConville, 1990;Monge et al, 1992;Al-Alawi et al, 2007;Björklund, 2010;Binnewies et al, 2007;Shalley and Gilson, 2004). This element was cited as early in 1964 and importance of this element has been consistently recognized since then.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…Following this, the Kodak company became a pioneer in this endeavor with its program being introduced in 1896 (Carrier, 1998). So, in the business world, the formal and structured suggestion schemes were first introduced as a modern practice nearly one hundred years ago (Lloyd, 1999;McConville, 1990). Industry associations, such as the employee involvement association (EIA), have come into existence and they have contributed greatly to the increased formalization, objectivity, and professionalism of suggestion programs.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Some of the common issues with traditional boxes have been the delay in processing of the suggestion and lack of feedback being given to employees. While suggestion schemes continue to retain many of the best elements of the original concept, now it is almost unrecognizable in terms of the style of operation, appeal, and delivery of results (McConville, 1990).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The main benefits of such schemes first of all enhance the number, and the quality of ideas (Koc and Ceylan, 2007). Therefore, the development of an infrastructure (Marx, 1995) with simple methods (Hultgren, 2008) for submitting suggestions (McConville, 1990) is a key aspect of the suggestion schemes. A suggestion system designed with usability in mind, will improve innovation among employees, and hence increase participation (Arif et al, 2010).The goal should be to completely process a suggestion in about 30 days -and in no more than 60 days.…”

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“…The good ideas can come from anyone, at any level, anyplace and anytime (McConville, 1990;Madjar, 2005). Since the ideas can be received from every sphere of the organization irrespective of their role and position, employees often may not possess the skills necessary to put forward their suggestion.…”

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The determinants for sustainability of an employee suggestion system

Lasrado

Arif

Rizvi

2015

International Journal of Quality &Amp; Reliability Management

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Purpose – Although the corporations widely use the suggestion schemes to elicit the creative ideas of their employee, sustaining a suggestion scheme is still a challenge. Employee suggestion schemes have been studied from many perspectives to illustrate its objectives, nature, content, process, significance and the benefits. Arguments have also been made with respect to the success and failures of the suggestion schemes. The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors to assess the sustainability of a suggestion system. Design/methodology/approach – This paper thus explores the critical success factors of suggestion scheme through a literature review and filters the critical determinants for sustainability of suggestion using factor analysis. The data collection was done using a survey technique. Findings – The results identity the five major factors as determinants to sustainability of a suggestion system as reported in the paper. Originality/value – This paper has made an attempt to explore the determinants to assess the sustainability of a suggestion system and has contributed toward the new knowledge in terms of sustainability of a suggestion system.

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Section: Communication and Networkingmentioning

confidence: 90%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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confidence: 99%

Section: Effective Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The determinants for sustainability of an employee suggestion system

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Arif

Rizvi

2015

International Journal of Quality &Amp; Reliability Management

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Sustaining Business Excellence

Lasrado

Pereira

2018

Achieving Sustainable Business Excellence

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Critical success factors for employee suggestion schemes: a literature review

Lasrado

Arif

Rizvi

et al. 2016

IJOA

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Employee suggestion schemes have existed for many years and numerous articles on this subject have been published over the last several decades. These schemes have been studied from many perspectives to illustrate their objectives, nature, content, processes, significance and benefits. Arguments have been made with respect to successes and failures of suggestion schemes. Although organizations widely use suggestion schemes to elicit the creative ideas of their employees, sustaining an effective suggestion scheme is still a challenge. The purpose of this paper is to extract critical success factors and critical success criteria to suggestion schemes and to discuss the importance of these factors on suggestion system sustainability. This is a literature review paper. It identifies 23 critical success factors and 9 critical success criteria for suggestion schemes. It also discusses the interconnection between critical success factors and critical success criteria. Further, the frequency of each of the factors is also presented. It recognizes the lack of work on assessment frameworks for suggestion scheme sustainability. This paper should be of value to practitioners of suggestion schemes and to academics who are interested in knowing how this program has evolved, where it is today and what future it holds. It offers practical help to an individual starting out on research on sustainability of suggestion schemes.

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Innovation through involvement

Abstract: Suggestion schemes in the West are alive and well, thanks to a new impetus provided by total quality initiatives. Investment in performance systems designed to encourage and reward good ideas from employees is paying off with major contributions to every area of corporate health.

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The determinants for sustainability of an employee suggestion system

The determinants for sustainability of an employee suggestion system

Sustaining Business Excellence

Critical success factors for employee suggestion schemes: a literature review

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