Cahier 99-04 - From Employees to Intrapreneurs
Cahier 99-04 - From Employees to Intrapreneurs
Auteur : Louis Jacques Filion
Published in : Tan Wee Liang (Eds) (2002) The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship - Growth and Strategy. Prentice Hall. Singapore : 158-178.
Ce cahier est aussi disponible en version française. Voir cahier de recherche no 1999-03 : D’employés à intrapreneurs
Résumé : This text is divided into two parts. The first suggests a visioning thinking framework to support intrapreneurial practice in organizations, and the second proposes a number of management practices to be applied by organizations wishing to promote intrapreneurship among their ranks.
Entrepreneurial action is visionary, while intrapreneurial action is “visioning”. It may be taken up and even encouraged by the visionary manager. This allows the central vision to progress or become broader. The author suggests that the introduction of “visionism” allows the organization to develop a culture where everyone is committed and progresses, hence permitting the organization itself to progress. A “visioning” framework is proposed. In short, visioning provides a framework for becoming more intrapreneurial, more innovative.
The management practices proposed to support intrapreneurship consist first in establishing certain intrapreneurial selection criteria for use during recruitment. It is suggested that organizations should establish a psychological contract with their old and new employees, where expected intrapreneurial behaviour is clearly expressed. Some tools are proposed, including the suggestion box, intrapreneurs’ clubs, spin-off practices and recovery periods during which no changes are implemented. It is also suggested that employee appraisals should include intrapreneurial criteria.
