A system for continuous organizational renewal

Abstract

Purpose

The aim of this paper is to offer practitioners the outline of a unique system to facilitate organizational renewal.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors are veteran practitioners who have observed and studied best practices in a variety of corporate and governmental settings to create a new renewal methodology. One of the authors is a former Shell Oil Company senior manager. These SAMI researchers offer a system to facilitate organizational renewal.

Findings

While few organizations implement the described methodology, many implement parts: the full effect – a purposeful self‐renewing organization – is only achieved through the combination of the parts.

Research limitations/implications

This article is based on research for the authors' new book, Beyond Crisis: Achieving Renewal in a Turbulent World (Wiley 2010), co‐authored with Patricia Lustig.

Practical implications

This paper provides practitioners with the first blueprint for implementing and managing operations, innovation, and foresight in a purposefully self‐renewing organization.

Originality/value

This is one of the first articles to describe a complete system that analyses a changing business environment and applies the methodology to operations to effectively promote a purposefully self‐renewing organization.

Citation

Sparrow, O. and Ringland, G. (2010), "A system for continuous organizational renewal", Strategy & Leadership, Vol. 38 No. 4, pp. 34-41. https://doi.org/10.1108/10878571011059728