(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2018) Vigo Contreras, Temiss Antonio
The changing economic environment of the various productive sectors has empowered the use of knowledge as the main source of competitive advantage over traditional factors of production such as capital, labor and infrastructure. Therefore, knowledge must be managed efficiently and systematically in organizations in order to seek continuous improvement and competitiveness within their sector. This article synthesizes the existing theory on knowledge management based on the needs to innovate and improve aspects as varied in the operational level of an organization as the analysis of production processes, the review of the models of directing operations and the products or services to offer.
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2018) Casado Rojas, Eric Sebastian
This article has the purpose of making an overlook on how psychological investigation has addressed innovation throughout the insights. Limitations on how the concept of insight tries to explain innovation are presented, and cultural-historical psychological theory is introduced as a more complete and enriching way of understanding the process of innovation. This analysis has Silicon Valley innovation history and culture for the last 50 years as a context. Examples are taken from two iconic companies in this field: Apple and Microsoft. The objective of this paper is to make a reflection about how the idea of insight has mythicized innovation and to offer a new psychological paradigm that can comprehend innovation as something closer and familiar to people and organizations.
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2018) Beaumont, Martín; Llaxacondor, Arturo
A growing number of organizations and organizational practices around the world are incorporating criteria of justice and sustainability in their value proposition. With them, new meanings arise in the conceptual and analytic frameworks used in organizational studies. For example, Innovation and the systemic approach can be reconsidered in the context of value creation for society. This article reflects on how innovation can be understood by an undergraduate management school and its academic department (specifically at the Unidad de Gestión of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru), and on how this understanding affects the purpose of the school itself, its academic model, and the relation with its environment.
