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Record Nr.

UNISA996201854503316

Autore

Fonseca Jose <1965, >

Titolo

Complexity and innovation in organizations / / Jose Fonseca

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2002

ISBN

1-134-57711-7

1-134-57712-5

0-429-22893-7

0-203-16494-6

0-415-25030-7

1-280-06856-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (141 pages)

Collana

Complexity and emergence in organizations Complexity and innovation in organizations

Disciplina

658.5/14

Soggetti

Technological innovations - Management

Business enterprises - Technological innovations

Complex organizations - Management

Management

Business & Economics

Management Styles & Communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [121]-124) and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter Innovation as complex responsive processes of relating -- chapter 2 Mainstream thinking about innovation in organizations -- chapter Innovation as a rational planning process -- chapter Innovation as a social and political process -- chapter 3 The role of the individual in the process of innovation -- chapter The role of the individual -- chapter 4 The conversational nature of the innovation process -- chapter Repairs to the water distribution system -- chapter 5 Innovation as complex responsive processes The complexity sciences as source domain for analogies with -- chapter What innovation is -- chapter 6 Innovation and the reconfiguration of power relations -- chapter The story of an electronic product catalogue -- chapter The take off of the product catalogue --



chapter 7 Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This key book takes a critical look at major perspectives on innovation, suggesting that innovation is not a designed functional activity of a firm or an intentional process through which firms anticipate changes in conditions.