Revamping Organizational Hierarchy to Foster Innovation: The Case for RenDanHeYi.

This article explores the RenDanHeYi management model as an alternative to traditional hierarchical organizational structures. RenDanHeYi seeks to break down barriers between functions and foster collaboration and innovation through four key elements: encouraging autonomy and decentralization, foste...

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Publicado en:Journal of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters Vol. 101; pp. 127 - 141
Autores principales: Westover, Jonathan H., Qianwen Bi
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Publicado: Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters 2024
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          Westover, Jonathan H.
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        Technological innovations
        Decentralization in management
        Risk-taking behavior
        Decision making
        Organizational structure
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          Technological innovations
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      ab: This article explores the RenDanHeYi management model as an alternative to traditional hierarchical organizational structures. RenDanHeYi seeks to break down barriers between functions and foster collaboration and innovation through four key elements: encouraging autonomy and decentralization, fostering cross-functional collaboration and communication, emphasizing continuous learning and improvement, and encouraging employee participation and feedback. It argues this model can yield benefits like crossing silos to drive innovation through diverse perspectives, incentivizing calculated risk-taking, promoting innovation through cross-training employees in different roles, and allowing for faster decision-making. Although implementing RenDanHeYi presents challenges, its philosophy of coordination over control and emphasis on flattened yet flexible structures may enable organizations to better innovate, engage employees, and adapt to changing conditions compared with rigid hierarchies. The article contributes to management theory and practice in proposing this alternative model rooted in Eastern philosophy.
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