03364nam 2200769 a 450 991067954740332120200520144314.097811345771181134577117978113457712511345771259780429228933042922893797802031649450203164946978041525030604152503079781280068560128006856610.4324/9780203164945(CKB)1000000000443157(SSID)ssj0000079340(PQKBManifestationID)11110385(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000079340(PQKBWorkID)10066541(PQKB)10915213(OCoLC)437083371(MiAaPQ)EBC180557(OCoLC)57577657(FR-PaCSA)41000660(FRCYB41000660)41000660(EXLCZ)99100000000044315720020107d2002 uy 0engur|||---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierComplexity and innovation in organizations /Jose Fonseca1st ed.London Routledge20021 online resource (141 pages)Complexity and emergence in organizationsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780415250290 0415250293 9780203279267 0203279263 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Complexity and emergence in organizations.Technological innovationsManagementBusiness enterprisesTechnological innovationsComplex organizationsManagementTechnological innovationsManagement.Business enterprisesTechnological innovations.Complex organizationsManagement.658.514Fonseca Jose1965-1755016MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910679547403321Complexity and innovation in organizations4191599UNINA