Fostering Innovation in the Naval Research and Development Enterprise
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Authors
Higgins, Susan
Jansen, Erik
Subjects
wargaming applications
Joint Campaign Analysis
Joint Campaign Analysis
Advisors
Date of Issue
2018-04
Date
Presented April 10-12, 2018
Period of Performance: 10/01/2017-9/30/2018
Period of Performance: 10/01/2017-9/30/2018
Publisher
Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School
Language
Abstract
Project Summary: An organizational design framework serves to better understand how cultures of innovation develop among organizations comprising the Naval Research & Development Enterprise (NRDE). Based on conversations and interactions with NRDE members and stakeholders, we sought insights about designing for innovation. These fell into three design domains. First, in the Strategy domain, individuals are working to make sense of the theme and vision of agility. We found individuals engaged in understanding agility, and others remaining skeptical. We found considerable appreciation for a vision - by whatever name - associated with flexibility, speed, learning, collaboration, and opposed to bureaucracy and business as usual. Second, in the Structural domain, non-bureaucratic options are being adopted and diffused in acquisition and contracting and in design processes. There are exemplars of more organic, decentralized structures with greater lateral communications and information sharing. Third, in the Human Resources domain, the importance of talent management and reward systems (e.g., taking calculated risks) seems appreciated, but progress in this domain may be lagging. We find some frustration for resistance to change as well as some top-down design changes that might have been improved by alternative design processes. More progress can likely be made in systematically investigating how to develop the various skills associated with leadership and entrepreneurship and in integrating these into syllabi and curricula for training and education.
Type
Report
Description
NPS NRP Executive Summary
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Department
Organization
Naval Research Program (NRP)
Graduate School of Operational and Information Sciences (GSOIS)
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NPS Report Number
Sponsors
ASN(RDA) - Research, Development, and Acquisition
DASN Research Development Test and Evaluation
DASN Research Development Test and Evaluation
Funding
Format
4 p.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.