Organizations are facing the challenge of managing Digital Transformation with the assistance of their employees by embracing digital innovation. The intrapreneur as an employee (internal to the Organization) holds immense potential to address and solve the challenges first as discussed in the previous article.

Now the question arises:

How can the intrapreneur’s type of employee work successfully by evolving through this imminent challenge?

Sampling & Procedure Methodology:

A possible resolution in the form of an answer to this question is inductive-explorative:

The method of summary content analysis chooses to answer this pressing question, as no comparable studies on the topic are available to date.

This approach aims to provide a basis for further research and development, thus describing a few researched facts, and reducing the material to its essence in a new category system.

To describe further:

• First, the unit of analysis to be determined is defined, which is subsequently reduced by all text passages of little or no relevance (into smaller individual parts termed as segments).
• All relevant text passages are translated to a uniform language level and converted into short grammatical forms (for further ease of understanding and processing).
• The paraphrases are generalized and brought to the defined abstraction level, and the first reduction carries out the selection and deletion of meaningless renditions (thus disregarding the unwanted content of the test passages).
• Subsequently, the second reduction of the material begins, followed by creating the new category system (for improving on the units of content analysis).
• Finally, the results review the formulated research question (to arrive at a possible resolution).

For gaining knowledge on content analysis, materials of interest, which are thematically in the field of platform economy or intrapreneurship and whose author recognizes as an expert in one or both topics, preferably, both the topics though which will prove to be resourceful.

The selection, therefore, takes into account platform operators as the experts themselves or active participants as intrapreneurs in the past.

The choice is thus made from freely accessible sources on the Internet and included company websites, interviews, and articles published by the respective experts themselves.

The chosen target group of the materials is as broad in general as much possible, as all sources are public and freely accessible. None of the sources suggests a spontaneous creation, and all contents show a planned and subjective character, for maximizing the outreach.

Qualitative Content Analysis Methodology deriving at Category System:

A Category System with two main categories and associated subcategories emerged post to the qualitative Content Analysis.

The main Categories and their associated Subcategories are

(1) Autonomous Structure consisting of the subcategories

• Decentralization/Networking: Decentralization/networking of Autonomous Structure is a primary structural requirement for the intrapreneur to operate successfully. The decentralization structure does not follow a classical hierarchy, and all persons are on an equal decision-making level where-in the people are networked with each other and are in exchange with each other.
• Unbound: Unboundedness as a character refers to the lack of classic job descriptions, which manifests itself within the structure as an interdisciplinary distribution of tasks where the intrapreneur does not follow a classical activity of a topic or functional area but engages in each subject and available area to provide added value and resolve challenges.
• Self-determination: Self-determination within the autonomous structure represents minimal rules within the organization and Intrapreneurs work self-determinedly and get by with a minimal set of rules that only guide their work roughly.
• Topic-centeredness: Topic-centeredness focuses on the content. Decisions, guidelines, or strategies are always made in the context of the topic and fed back to it.

(2) Communication Structure consisting of the three subcategories –

• Openness: Openness in communication indicates that all employees are informed about any decisions, and everyone can get involved in any issue thus communication in the form of information reaches every corner of the organization.
• Transparency: Transparency refers to the traceability of communication. Individual communication steps are transparent at all times because they are documented and open to everyone. Openness applies to both synchronous and asynchronous communication.
• Circularity: Communication is not only between two concerned parties, but the content scatters throughout the organization. This distribution enables optional, diverse exchanges and information gain on discussed topics since various stakeholders can participate in the discussions, thus leading to Circularity.

The results showed that two primary factors are relevant to the success of the intrapreneur within the platform economy.

Conclusion:

The implications arising from the ‘Autonomous Structure’ and the ‘Communication Structure’ provide the ideal framework for intrapreneurs to make the most of their creative potential, innovative spirit, and unconventionality as Intrapreneurship is a key central building block that ensures the future viability and persevarance of organizations.

Intrapreneurship is an essential factor for organizational growth as it ensures that a company regularly adapts to new market conditions and thus stands out from the competition. Intrapreneurship significantly impacts an organization’s profitability and ability to survive.

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