Proposing a Balanced Framework for Measurement and Assessment of Innovation in Defense Organizations

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management and Accounting, University of Tehran, Farabi Campus, Qom, Iran

2 Associate Professor, University of Industrial Management and Engineering, Malek Ashtar University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

3 Assistant Professor of Industrial Management and Industrial Engineering Complex of Malek Ashtar University of Technology. Tehran. Iran.

4 Ph.D. student in Industrial Management, North Tehran Branch of Azad University. Tehran. Iran

Abstract

Innovation can be defined as new or significantly improved ways for responding to social and economic needs and problems. So far, various frameworks and approaches have been proposed to measure and assess innovation in different levels including organizational and national. In addition, because of the different nature of defense organizations, innovation there needs specific drivers, concerns and requirements. This paper, therefore, aims at designing and proposing a balanced framework for measuring innovation in defense organizations, through applying a qualitative approach and a mixed method strategy including thematic analysis and interpretive structural modeling (ISM) technique.  This framework includes two categories: comprehensive drivers' subjects (strategic analysis, technologies and products portfolio analysis, networking and technological collaborations, re-designing institutions, processes and human capitals development, managing resources, infrastructures and capacities) and comprehensive dependent subjects (the results of : human capital, partners' network, customers and armed forces, defense innovation performance, financial and mission issues, society and national security). The main feature of this framework is that it simultaneously encompasses technological and organizational innovations, radical and gradual innovations; past, present and future horizons, and technical, economic and social concerns.

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  • Receive Date: 14 February 2020
  • Revise Date: 09 October 2020
  • Accept Date: 11 October 2020