Managing Innovation

Ms Jane Henry,Dr David Walker

ISBN 10: 0803985061 / ISBN 13: 9780803985063

Published by SAGE Publications, 1991

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328 pages. cover scuffed and slightly creased.Published in Cooperation with the Open University They provide an excellent range of subjects. --Management Education and Development This exciting volume focuses on the processes of innovation in organizations and how these can best b e encouraged and managed. Unlike the mechanistic determinism and quasi-scientifi c managerial thinking of the past, the contributors to Managing Innovation belie ve that management must promote innovation at the individual, corporate, and str ategic levels. These top contributors examine such issues as: the process of inn ovation in organizations; the nature of strategic innovation and visionary leade rship; and, how organizational environments are created in which innovation can flourish. In addition, they offer numerous case studies and examples of innovati on in action--in companies of all sizes and types; consider the implications for innovation processes of different organizational levels, stages, and culture; a nd, review the critical success factors for meeting the continual challenge to i nnovate and change.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Managing Innovation
• Publisher: SAGE Publications
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803985061
• ISBN 13: 9780803985063
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1992 reprint.
• Condition: Good
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Published in Cooperation with the Open University "They provide an excellent range of subjects." --Management Education and Development This exciting volume focuses on the processes of innovation in organizations and how these can best be encouraged and managed. Unlike the mechanistic determinism and quasi-scientific managerial thinking of the past, the contributors to Managing Innovation believe that management must promote innovation at the individual, corporate, and strategic levels. These top contributors examine such issues as: the process of innovation in organizations; the nature of strategic innovation and visionary leadership; and, how organizational environments are created in which innovation can flourish. In addition, they offer numerous case studies and examples of innovation in action--in companies of all sizes and types; consider the implications for innovation processes of different organizational levels, stages, and culture; and, review the critical success factors for meeting the continual challenge to innovate and change.