A distributed organizational model used by an organization to extend problem-solving to a large and diverse pool of self-selected contributors beyond the formal internal boundaries.
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Intrapreneurship Initiative Based on an Internal Ideation Contest in the Public Sector: The Case of Madrid City Hall (Spain)
Juan Ramon Campos-Blázquez (ESIC Business and Marketing School, Spain), Patricio Morcillo Ortega (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain), Luis Rubio-Andrada (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain), and María Soledad Celemín-Pedroche (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 27
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1981-3.ch008
Abstract
There are few studies that provide empirical evidence of the use of crowdsourcing initiatives within public organizations as an element that favors an innovative culture where employees are able to acquire a sense of accomplishment and recognition by presenting new ideas and innovative possibilities and, consequently, help to improve public sector efficiency and deliver new and better-quality services. Through a single case study, the purpose of this chapter is to assess how an internal ideation contest initiative (internal crowdsourcing) in a local government institution—Madrid City Hall (Spain)—can promote intrapreneurship and be a lever for a culture of innovation in public organizations, for which the authors have used the innovation culture model of Rao and Weintraub as a theoretical framework. The results show that through that initiative, Madrid City Hall was able to enable employees' participation, leverage collective intelligence, and definitely stimulate an entrepreneurial spirit within their organization.