This book looks at how to foster innovation in organizations, focusing particularly on managers as the key participants in the process.
John Storey is Professor of Management at the Open University Business School and a consultant to leading corporations. He has authored and edited sixteen books on business, management and organizations. He is a non-executive director on two management boards.
Graeme Salaman is Professor of Organizational Studies at the Open University Business School. He has worked as a consultant in eight countries for clients such as Sun Microsystems, Willis, BAT, the government of Ethiopia, Fujitsu, Allianz, Ernst and Young, Rolls Royce, and Morgan Stanley.
List of Figures and Tables
vi
Preface
vii
About the Authors
x
Part I Introduction
1
(34)
1 Innovation: Problems and Possibilities
3
(12)
2 The Current State of Knowledge about Innovation
15
(20)
Part II Managers' Accounts of Innovation
35
(106)
3 From Tight Control to the Edge of Anarchy: Managing Innovation in Telecommunications
37
(24)
4 Managing Creative Workers in an Innovative Way
61
(27)
5 Contrasting Approaches to Innovation in Engineered Manufactured Goods
88
(27)
6 Innovation in the Voluntary Sector
115
(26)
Part III Synthesis
141
(36)
7 Conclusions
143
(34)
Appendix: Research Methods
177
(8)
Bibliography
185
(6)
Index
191
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