Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1-2009
Abstract
Key IT and business executives at all twenty six US Federal government departments and agencies were interviewed to assess constraints to Enterprise Architecture Programs congressionally mandated in 1996 to transform bureaucratic political institutions into efficient business enterprises. Results demonstrate the vital role of the individual in reform and innovation diffusion. Past empirical and longitudinal studies in reform and innovation diffusion have been conducted separately. This study synthesizes the twin diffusion phenomena. Our data show that "guerilla" tactics can overcome the "gorilla" forces of dominant culture and rigid institutional frameworks.
Keywords
information technology, enterprise architecture, reform diffusion, diffusion of innovation, institutional theory, tempered radical leadership
Rights
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Department/Center
Design & Innovation
Recommended Citation
Makiya, George K., "Driving Reform and Innovation Diffusion in Government: It Takes Guerilla Tactics to Slay a Gorilla" (2009). Student Scholarship. 174.
https://commons.case.edu/studentworks/174