THE ROLE OF AGILE ORGANIZATION AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING IN INCREASING ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION THROUGH ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AND CREATIVITY AT PT PLN (PERSERO)

• Main Author: Muhamad Hanif Aminullah, Nur
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/87427
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

In 2016, Indonesia became one of the countries that signed the Paris Agreement to reduce carbon emissions. PT PLN (Persero) as a state-owned company engaged in the energy sector spearheads the achievement of Indonesia's net zero emission target by 2060. To achieve the net zero emission target, the company needed sustainable innovation. In this study, organizational innovation is the dependent variable influenced by agile organization and knowledge sharing with the constructs of knowledge sharing and individual creativity as the mediator construct. This research data was collected from a sample of 125 respondents who are employees of PT PLN (Persero) with position levels ranging from functional generalists to basic management. The selected respondents have diverse educational backgrounds, from high school / vocational high school to master's degree. Results of data processing were carried out using the Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) method. Based on the data processing result using PLS-SEM, several findings were obtained regarding the relationship between constructs in the research model. Agile organization as a construct defined by the organization's ability to adapt and handle sudden changes, has a positive relationship with the constructs of individual creativity and absorptive capacity. In addition to the agile organization construct, the knowledge-sharing construct, which is defined as the process of transferring knowledge within the organization and external to the organization, also has a positive relationship with the individual creativity and absorptive capacity constructs. Another finding obtained from this study is the positive relationship of the constructs of individual creativity and absorptive capacity to the dependent variable, namely organizational innovation. This shows that increasing organizational innovation at PT PLN (Persero) can be done by increasing individual creativity and absorptive capacity by increasing agile organization and knowledge sharing from the company. The managerial implications that can be applied by company management based on the findings of this study are the optimization of knowledge-sharing activities in the company, increasing the number of employees with S2 educational backgrounds, and equal distribution of knowledge-sharing activities for all levels of employees.