Managers of Innovation
Insights into Making Innovation Happen
Published on 9. February 2009
208 pages
978-1-4051-7852-5 (ISBN)
Description
Innovation is increasingly identified as the critical factorin ensuring economic competitiveness. Departments of state andquasi-governmental organizations in many countries including,Austria, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, The Netherlands,Sweden and the UK, have issued reports and calls to action; butimplementation will continue to be problematic unless the pointsmade in this book are taken into account.
Drawing on 350 in-depth interviews with senior managers, thisbook presents an original theory about the characteristics ofmanagers in "good innovative organizations" and"poor innovative organizations". It pays closeattention to the attitudes, understandings, assumptions andinterpretations of managers, who are often the ultimatedecision-makers when it comes to innovation. The text is supportedby real-life, internationally-known cases such as Hewlett-Packard,Zeneca and the BBC, as well as voluntary sector cases such asOxfam. It is also enriched by substantial and highly revealingquotations from senior managers themselves.
Reviews / Votes
"This is a rich and significant book on one of the most importantissues facing managers today. Innovation is the key driver for thefuture of businesses and societies. There is an excellent balanceof theory, empirical insight and implications for practice.Students, academics and business people will find this a majorsource of insights into the complexities of managing the innovationprocess."Ken Starkey, Nottingham University " By focusing on managers' own theories, Storey and Salaman breakfresh ground in our understanding of the processes oforganizational innovation, a topic that has national and practical,as well as theoretical, significance." David A. Buchanan,Leicester Business School "Important book. The authors highlight the utter centrality ofmanagerial mindsets and orientations to organizationalinnovativeness. All the other factors that are crucial toorganizational innovation hinge on the right managerialperspective." Deborah Dougherty, Rutgers University "Primarily designed as a student text, for those concerned withthe subject, but would also be useful to help re-educated a largenumber of 'de-innovating' managers." Long Range PlanningMore details
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Persons
John Storey is Professor of Management at the OpenUniversity Business School and a consultant to leadingcorporations. He has authored and edited sixteen books on business,management and organizations. He is a non-executive director on twomanagement boards.
Graeme Salaman is Professor of Organizational Studies atthe Open University Business School. He has worked as a consultantin eight countries for clients such as Sun Microsystems, Willis,BAT, the government of Ethiopia, Fujitsu, Allianz, Ernst and Young,Rolls Royce, and Morgan Stanley.
Content
List of Figures and Tables.
Preface.
About the Authors.
Part I: Introduction.
1. Innovation: Problems and Possibilities.
2. The Current State of Knowledge about Innovation.
Part II: Managers' Accounts of Innovation.
3. From Tight Control to the Edge of Anarchy: ManagingInnovation in Telecommunications.
4. Managing Creative Workers in an Innovative Way.
5. Contrasting Approaches to Innovation in EngineeredManufactured Goods.
6. Innovation in the Voluntary Sector.
Part III: Synthesis.
7. Conclusions.
Appendix: Research Methods.
Bibliography.
Index
