In Part I of this two-part series, Martin Andestad and Hans-Christian Grung-Olsen presented the primary result of their research on BPM and Innovation—that BPM promotes incremental innovation emphasizing short-term gains at the possible expense of solving long-term problems involving radical innovation. In this Article, they propose organizations strive to achieve a balance between the two and propose methods for doing so.
Martin Andestad is a BPM Consultant at Qualisoft AS, one of Norway’s leading companies within BPM consulting. He holds a MSc from the Norwegian School of Economics. During his studies he spent two periods abroad, the most recent at the MBA-UC in Santiago, Chile, and the first at Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi in Milan, Italy. He has done a considerable amount of research within the field of BPM and innovation, together Hans-Christian Grung-Olsen.
Hans-Christian Grung-Olsen is a BPM Consultant at Qualisoft AS, one of Norway’s leading companies within BPM consulting. He holds a MSc Norwegian School of Economics. He has done a considerable amount of research within the field of BPM and innovation, together with Martin Andestad.
BPM and Innovation, Part I—Promoting Incremental Innovation
May 5, 2014 , By
This is the first of two Articles focusing on how Business Process Management affects an organization’s innovation. The authors, Martin Andestad and Hans-Christian Grung-Olsen, conducted research on this issue at the Norwegian School of Economics, and in this Article, they present the result of their first important finding.
