Question

Research the concepts of disruptive innovation and open innovation. Disruptive innovation refers to innovations that start off inferior to a current practice, but eventually become superior. Open innovation refers to innovations that transcend the internal boundaries of the organization.

How can each of these concepts be applied within a Human Resources department as well as throughout the entire organization?

How do each of these concepts relate to an effective recruitment and selection process?

Answer 1

HRM department uses innovative practices to implement HR policies that make these policies to be more effective in achieving the objective. Here, the HRM department can use different sources of innovation that can be disruptive and or open. Disruptive innovation is the internally developed, based on past experience and future predictions, to help achieve higher degree of efficiency at work. It is the result of internal R&D work that provides new ways to work and get results. For example, an organization working upon new payroll application that also gives the trend about employees availability as well as organizational demand over a different periods of the year, then it is bit complicated, but more superior to the existing traditional payroll system. While doing so, in other areas of HRM, such as performance management, the organization can utilize the technologies already available in the open space. It is the example of open innovation where the organization is utilizing the technological products already available in the market.  Here, organization has to take care that disruptive innovation should be able to provide competitive advantage in the business place. It maximizes the benefits of the disruptive innovation.

When a technological application is used to automate the recruitment and selection process and the technology is also being used by others in the business environment. Then, it is the case of open innovation, benefiting everyone.  Here, the organization also develops its own proprietory solution to, select the candidates and ready them for taking job responsibilities. Then, it is the disruptive innovation used by the organization that gives a competitive advantage in the market.