| dc.description.abstract | Systems engineering work is requiring increasing collaboration among various
enterperprises, nations, and individuals to innovate to meet the comlex needs of large numbers of
stakeholders. This indicates a need to better understand the cultural differences in innovation
styles that can enable or hinder collaboration. This paper argues that applying the Hofstede
Cross-Cultural Dimensions to enterprises will provide useful insights for systems engineering
enterprises in working with cross-cultural teams. Furthermore, this paper seeks to apply the
Hofstede dimensions to identifying enterprise cultures conducive to innovation, radical and
incremental. By exploring the relationship between the Hofstede Dimensions and Miller and
Friesen’s Conservative and Entreprenurial Innovation Models, and between the Hofstede
Dimensions and Brown’s System Model of Technological Innovation, this paper seeks to help
enterprises match their culture to the type of innovation their enterprise culture supports.
Furthermore, it suggests future research to investigate and compare the Hofstede dimensions of
defense organizations and of the companies listed on the BusinessWeek Most Innovative
Companies List. | en_US |
