An Exploration of Features within Organizational Culture that Promote Risk Acceptance in order to Enable Innovation within Army Acquisition
Abstract
The government will provide the workforce with the cutting-edge technology they need, while encouraging new organizational structures and the culture of innovation required to address todays complex challenges (President Joseph R. Biden, 2021). This research paper focuses on the organizational cultural features that promote risk acceptance in order to enable innovation within Army Acquisition. Innovation is one of the keys for achieving dominant capabilities and competitive advantage for American military power over the next decades. Prudent risk taking is also necessary for successful and sustained innovation (U.S. Army, 2016). This research will show the correlation between risk acceptance and innovation. In addition, this research will provide analysis for the most probable features within an organizational culture that promote risk acceptance in order to enable innovation. Overall, this research was successful, in addition, this research provides recommendations for follow on research. The research revealed that there are organizational cultural features that promote risk acceptance while enabling innovation. By calling cultural features out specifically in their strategies, the Army has recognized many of the innovative enabling organizational cultural features along with the need to promote risk acceptance within their acquisition programs. The evolution of the Army Acquisition culture will take time. Therefore, the two focused organizations, Army Futures Command (AFC) and Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO), are the Army organizations to evaluate and learn from as each evolve.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 16, 2022
- Accession Number
- AD1180893
Entities
People
- Paige R Walker
Organizations
- Defense Acquisition University