Corporate Entrepreneurship: How to Create a Thriving Entrepreneurial Spirit Throughout Your Company

Introduction

Traditionally, control evokes images of bureaucracy, rigidity, and conformity to the rules, regulations, policies, and procedures of an organization. While control is needed to ensure that the organization achieves its goals and objectives, it should not be in excess but rather a function of managers who oversee the daily operations of the organization.

As the organization develops and grows, control systems become more complex. Additional rules, regulations, policies, and procedures are implemented to establish a work environment that could restrict an employee’s ability to be more innovative and creative. While structures and systems are necessary for the management and control of an organization, these policies should not inhibit ...