http://cogprints.org/6862/
Opening the black box: How staff training and development may affect the innovation of enterprises
We describe a research on the interplay that appears to exist in companies between Human Resource Management and innovation. This complex, multicomponent, non-linear and dynamic interplay is often viewed as a "black box". To help open the black box, we outline both a theoretical framework and preliminary empirical data. We view innovation as an organization-level property, favored by the organization's self-perception as a knowledge engine. Therefore, we devised a protocol to study the companies' strategies for training and development and their innovation profile. The protocol consisted in a questionnaire with 100 closed questions, suitable for companies which rely mostly on an inner training and development service. The questionnaire was administered to a sample of Italian firms from the Food & beverages and Fashion markets. The results show that certain facets of training and development are indeed correlated to innovation. Finally, we discuss the results.
Mate, Davide
Carpaneto, Alberto
Tirassa, Corrado
Brizio, Adelina
Rezzonico, Raffaele
Brassesco, Barbara
Surra, Fabio
Rabellino, Daniela
Tirassa, Maurizio
Cognitive Psychology
Ethics
Social Psychology
Davide
Mate
Alberto
Carpaneto
Corrado
Tirassa
Adelina
Brizio
Raffaele
Rezzonico
Barbara
Brassesco
Fabio
Surra
Daniela
Rabellino
Maurizio
Tirassa