Ogbogara, A.
Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Administration and Management, Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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Asawo, S. P.
Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Administration and Management, Rivers State University, Nkpolu-Oroworukwo, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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ABSTRACT
This study investigated the relationship between hindsight and the innovativeness of telecommunication firms in Rivers State. The study specifically, examined the role of hindsight in the outcome of organisational innovativeness measures comprising strategic thinking, ideation and targeting. The paper was designed as an empirical study, adopting the correlational design and also utilizing a quantitative methodology. The structured questionnaire was utilised as the instrument in generating data from 21 respondents from four telecommunication firms in Rivers State. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation statistical tool was used to examine the bi-variate relationships. The correlation analysis revealed that hindsight significantly influences strategic thinking, ideation and targeting. All null hypotheses were therefore rejected as the findings revealed hindsight to significantly impact the extent of innovativeness of the telecommunication companies in Rivers State. It was concluded that the development of hindsight contributes to necessitating the required level of capacities for advancing organisational innovativeness outcomes such as strategic thinking, ideation and targeting, especially of GSM telecommunication companies in Rivers State. It was therefore recommended that the management of the telecommunication firms focus on leveraging their previous experiences and existing data in advancing their innovative objectives and goals.
Keywords: Organisational innovativeness, strategic thinking, ideation, targeting, contingency theory, hindsight.
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