İŞLETMELERDE SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİRLİK: ETKİN YENİLİKÇİ LİDERLİK VE GİRİŞİMCİLİK

Öz

Sürdürülebilirlik hedefleri kapsamında birçok lider ve girişimcinin sürdürülebilir bir politika izlemesi kaçınılmaz olacaktır. Günümüzde liderlerin ve girişimcilerin yenilikçi yaklaşımları ve toplumsal değerlere olan bağlılıkları; kurumsal ve bireysel performansı artırmaktadır. Yenilikçi yaklaşımlara dahip etkili liderlerin ve girişimcilerin birçoğu, çeşitli teşebbüslerde bulunarak bireysel yenilikçi becerilerini geliştirmektedirler. Liderlerin yenilik geliştirme sürecine aktif katılımları, kendi yenilikçi yeteneklerini fark etmelerine sebep olmakta ve gerçekleşen yenilikçi girişim ve projelerin sürdürülebilir olmasına katkı sunmaktadır. Bu çalışmada, yenilik geliştirme sürecinin aşamaları tartışılarak yenilikçi liderlik hakkında faydalı bilgiler aktarmak, yenilikçi girişimcilik ile etkili liderliği destekleyen belirleyici faktörleri tartışmak amaçlamaktadır. Günümüzde işletmelerve ekonomiler için özellikle pandemi sonrası oldukça popüler bir konu haline gelen “İş Dünyasında Sürdürülebilirlik: Çevresel, Sosyal Değerler ve Başarılı Yönetişim” pratik birtakım sürdürülebilir politikaların uygulamaya dökülmesiyle sık sık gündeme gelmektedir. Dolayısıyla, çalışmada Sürdürülebilir Ekonomiler için Radikal Eko-Yenilikler ve etkili iletişimde yenilikçi liderlik rollerinin ve yenilikçi girişimciliğin önemi tartışılmaktadır. Ayıca çalışmada, etkili liderler ve bilgi yönetimi arasındaki ilişki de açıklanmaya çalışılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• İşletmelerde Sürdürülebilirlik
• Yenilikçi Liderlik
• Yenilikçi Girişimcilik
• Etkin Liderlik
• Bilgi Yönetimi

SUSTAINABILITY IN BUSINESSES: EFFECTIVE INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Öz

Within the scope of sustainability goals, it will be inevitable for many leaders and entrepreneurs to follow a policy that regards sustainability. Nowadays, the corporate and individual performance ragarding social values increase due to the contributions of the effectiveness and innovativeness of leaders and entrepreneurs. Most of effective innovative leaders and entrepreneurs develop their own innovative skills by the help of various entrepreneurial facilities or experiments. The more actively leaders participate in the process of discovering innovations, the more they realize their innovative abilities and the more sustainable their innitiatives become. This study aims to develop useful insights about effective innovative leadership by discussing the stages of innovation devlopment process and to discuss the determinants supporting innovations and effective leadership. Besides; a very crucial concern for today’s businesses and popular issue for almost all aconomies after pandemic “Sustainability in Business: Environmental, Social Values and Successful Governance” is discussed by subjecting certain practical sustainable policies. In this study, Radical Eco-Innovations for Sustainable Economies and the importance of efective communication on effective leadership are discussed. Finally, the relationship between effective leaders and knowledge management is explained.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Sustainability in Business
• Innovative Leadership
• Innovative Entrepreneurship
• Effective Leadership
• Knowledge Management

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