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Bureaucracy and Innovation

Thompson, Victor A.·1965·Administrative Science Quarterly
DOI 10.2307/2391646
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The relationship between bureaucratic structure and innovative behavior is examined by comparing the conditions within the bureaucratic structure with the conditions found by psychologists to be most conducive to individual creativity. The conditions within bureaucracy are found to be determined by a drive for productivity and control, and inappropriate for creativity. Suggestions are made for alterations in bureaucratic structure to increase innovativeness, such as, increased professionalization, a looser and more untidy structure, decentralization, freer communications, project organization when possible, rotation of assignments, greater reliance on group processes, attempts at continual restructuring, modification of the incentive system, and changes in many management practices. It is suggested that bureaucratic organizations are actually evolving in this direction. Victor A. Thompson is professor of political science at the Maxwell Graduate School, Syracuse University.

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Authors
Thompson, V. A.
Venue
Administrative Science Quarterly
Publisher
JSTOR
Published
1965-06
Volume
10
Issue
1
Pages
1
ISSN
0001-8392 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2307/2391646
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W2066260496
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1,165
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journal article
Language
en
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