B. Obel and P. Kallehave, “Designing a sustainable organization: the four i’s framework,” Journal of organization design, vol. 11, iss. 2, p. 65–76, 2022.
Abstract
Sustainability provides new opportunities where firms need to create a sustainable business model with the optimal fit between the rising demands of a sustainable economy and their business model, strategy, structure, incentives, human skills, IT systems, and all the other aspects of the organizational design of the firm. Sustainability creates an important driver for organizational design: the way organizations operate and the way they should be designed. New thinking is required for designing organizations focusing on: strategy, structure, processes, and human skills and values to create a sustainable organization for the future. Sustainability must penetrate all activities and all relations in the firm. Integrating such a perspective into production, communication, supply chain, marketing, as well as in strategy, structure, processes, resources, products, and customer relations takes appropriate incentives and understanding of what drives people to create impactImpactOrdet “impact” bruges ofte i forbindelse med bæredygtighed. Det dækker over det at have en virkning/at gøre en forskel. Dette kan både være en positiv eller negativ virkning. Ofte sker der en glorificering af ordet ligesom det sommetider sker med ordet ”grøn.” Læs mere → and change the way they do things. It all comes down to: how can we create Incentives to stimulate Innovation through the Integration of sustainability in a way that creates the biggest ImpactImpactOrdet “impact” bruges ofte i forbindelse med bæredygtighed. Det dækker over det at have en virkning/at gøre en forskel. Dette kan både være en positiv eller negativ virkning. Ofte sker der en glorificering af ordet ligesom det sommetider sker med ordet ”grøn.” Læs mere →? In this point-of-view paper, we make three points: (1) Sustainability will be a major driver for business strategy now and in the future. (2) For a sustainable organization, the organization design has to follow fundamental design principles based on the four I\{\’\}s: Incentives, Innovation, Integration, and ImpactImpactOrdet “impact” bruges ofte i forbindelse med bæredygtighed. Det dækker over det at have en virkning/at gøre en forskel. Dette kan både være en positiv eller negativ virkning. Ofte sker der en glorificering af ordet ligesom det sommetider sker med ordet ”grøn.” Læs mere →. (3) Within the frame of the four I\{\’\}s, the design should be based on a contingency perspective.
BibTeX
@article {orcid-0000000312835489-2022-10-1007-s41469-022-00122-w,
title = {Designing a sustainable organization: the four I’s framework},
year = {2022},
month = {8},
doi = {10.1007/s41469-022-00122-w},
url = {https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/64b03bdd-0958-426b-9709-67283ebbb64c},
journal = {Journal of Organization Design},
updated = {2024-12-05T09:34:46+00:00},
publisher = {SpringerOpen},
volume = {11},
number = {2},
pages = {65--76},
issn = {2245-408X},
language = {en},
abstract = {Sustainability provides new opportunities where firms need to create a sustainable business model with the optimal fit between the rising demands of a sustainable economy and their business model, strategy, structure, incentives, human skills, IT systems, and all the other aspects of the organizational design of the firm. Sustainability creates an important driver for organizational design: the way organizations operate and the way they should be designed. New thinking is required for designing organizations focusing on: strategy, structure, processes, and human skills and values to create a sustainable organization for the future. Sustainability must penetrate all activities and all relations in the firm. Integrating such a perspective into production, communication, supply chain, marketing, as well as in strategy, structure, processes, resources, products, and customer relations takes appropriate incentives and understanding of what drives people to create <span class="zeal-gloss" tabindex="0"><span class="zeal-gloss__term">impact</span><span class="zeal-gloss__bubble" role="tooltip"><span class="zeal-gloss__title">Impact</span><span class="zeal-gloss__body">Ordet “impact” bruges ofte i forbindelse med bæredygtighed. Det dækker over det at have en virkning/at gøre en forskel. Dette kan både være en positiv eller negativ virkning. Ofte sker der en glorificering af ordet ligesom det sommetider sker med ordet ”grøn.” </span><a class="zeal-gloss__more" href="https://zeal.dk/ordbog/impact/">Læs mere →</a></span></span> and change the way they do things. It all comes down to: how can we create Incentives to stimulate Innovation through the Integration of sustainability in a way that creates the biggest <span class="zeal-gloss" tabindex="0"><span class="zeal-gloss__term">Impact</span><span class="zeal-gloss__bubble" role="tooltip"><span class="zeal-gloss__title">Impact</span><span class="zeal-gloss__body">Ordet “impact” bruges ofte i forbindelse med bæredygtighed. Det dækker over det at have en virkning/at gøre en forskel. Dette kan både være en positiv eller negativ virkning. Ofte sker der en glorificering af ordet ligesom det sommetider sker med ordet ”grøn.” </span><a class="zeal-gloss__more" href="https://zeal.dk/ordbog/impact/">Læs mere →</a></span></span>? In this point-of-view paper, we make three points: (1) Sustainability will be a major driver for business strategy now and in the future. (2) For a sustainable organization, the organization design has to follow fundamental design principles based on the four I\{\\textquoteright\}s: Incentives, Innovation, Integration, and <span class="zeal-gloss" tabindex="0"><span class="zeal-gloss__term">Impact</span><span class="zeal-gloss__bubble" role="tooltip"><span class="zeal-gloss__title">Impact</span><span class="zeal-gloss__body">Ordet “impact” bruges ofte i forbindelse med bæredygtighed. Det dækker over det at have en virkning/at gøre en forskel. Dette kan både være en positiv eller negativ virkning. Ofte sker der en glorificering af ordet ligesom det sommetider sker med ordet ”grøn.” </span><a class="zeal-gloss__more" href="https://zeal.dk/ordbog/impact/">Læs mere →</a></span></span>. (3) Within the frame of the four I\{\\textquoteright\}s, the design should be based on a contingency perspective.},
biburl = {https://zeal.dk/publications/designing-a-sustainable-organization-the-four-i-s-framework/},
biburl_fo = {https://zeal.fo/utgavur/designing-a-sustainable-organization-the-four-i-s-framework/},
urltitle = {designing-a-sustainable-organization-the-four-i-s-framework},
author = {Obel, Børge and Kallehave, Pernille}
}