Bureaucracy and What?

Technical Notes on Thompson (1965)

Abstract

This technical note reconsiders Thompson (1965) and refinds the importance of his discussion. Thompson’s research object is to explain the relationship between bureaucracy and innovation and also points out what factor of bureaucracy inhibit innovative activities. Nonetheless, his idea does not simply criticize bureaucracy but gives solutions for existing bureaucracy in today’s innovation based competition. Although many studies published post 2000 often have missed this point as these studies refered to Thompson (1965) simply as an convenient definition of innovation, however, we could see that his study have shed light on the future research possibilities of innovation from organizational theory.