High-Involvement Innovation

At a time when the turbulent and uncertain environment demands more innovation than ever, most businesses only engage a small proportion of their staff in innovative activities. Whilst they may have groups and individuals who are 'licensed to innovate' by virtue of their particular departmental badges (eg R&D, business development etc) they often ignore the contribution which the rest of the staff could make. Innovation involves a lot of small incremental steps, as well as the occasional dramatic leap, and whilst experts are needed for the latter, many people contribute to incremental innovation. High involvement innovation is concerned with the creation of an environment in which the workforce as a whole can contribute their creativity and experience to help build a culture of continuous innovation.Innovation ist heute wichtiger denn je.Viele Unternehmen betrauen aber nur einen kleinen Teil ihrer Mitarbeiter mit der Innovation, so z.B. im Bereich Forschung und Entwicklung oder Geschäftsentwicklung. Doch häufig vergessen sie dabei, dass auch der Rest der Mitarbeiterschaft einen entscheidenden Beitrag zur Innovation leisten kann.

"High Involvement Innovation" befasst sich genau mit dieser Thematik.

Das Buch basiert auf einer 10-jährigen Forschungsarbeit, bei der über 200 Unternehmen analysiert wurden.

Es erläutert, wie man eine Arbeitsumgebung schafft, in der alle Mitarbeiter ihre Kreativität und Erfahrung einbringen können, um eine Unternehmenskultur zu entwickeln, die auf beständiger Innovation beruht.

Der Band liefert die Rahmenbedingungen, um über eine Kultur beständiger Innovation nachzudenken, und diese Überlegungen in die Praxis umzusetzen.

Hier erfahren Sie, wie Sie das "stillschweigende" Wissen Ihrer Mitarbeiter erkennen und mobilisieren. Denn das meiste Wissen eines Unternehmen existiert nicht in geschriebener Form, oder wird in Datenbanken gespeichert - es existiert in den Köpfen der Mitarbeiter.

"High Involvement Innovation" erläutert ausführlich, wie ein Unternehmen durch Innovation einen Wettbewerbsvorteil entwickeln und dauerhaft sichern kann.

Geschrieben von John Bessant, dem Mitautor des führenden Lehrbuchs im Bereich Innovationsmanagement "Managing Innovation".

John Bessant ist Professor für Technologie an der Universität von Brighton. Er verfügt über umfangreiche Consulting Erfahrung sowohl in der Privatwirtschaft als auch im Bereich internationale Organisationen, darunter u.a. die Vereinten Nationen, die Weltbank und die OECD. Acknowledgements.

'Many Hands Make Light Work!'

Is it Worth it?

What's the Problem?

A Model for High-Involvement Innovation.

Getting the Innovation Habit.

Systematic High-Involvement Innovation Capability.

Strategic Innnovation.

Autonomous Innovation.

Learning Organizations.

Doing it!

Further Challenges.

Appendix: Details on the High-Involvement Innovation Reference Model.

Index.

John Bessant is Professor of Innovation Management in the School of Management at Cranfield University. Prior to joining Cranfield, John was Director of Brighton University’s Centre for Research in Innovation Management. He is also an Honorary Professor at SPRU, Sussex University and a Visiting Fellow at several UK and international universities. Together with Joe Tidd and the late Keith Pavitt, John is co-author of Managing Innovation (published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.), the second edition of which was awarded the Best Book Prize by the European Association for Creativity and Innovation in 2001. At a time when the turbulent and uncertain environment demands more innovation than ever, most businesses only engage a small proportion of their staff in innovative activities. Whilst they may have groups and individuals who are ‘licensed to innovate’ by virtue of their particular departmental badges (e.g. R&D, business development etc.) they often ignore the contribution which the rest of the staff could make. Innovation involves a lot of small incremental steps, as well as the occasional dramatic leap, and whilst experts are needed for the latter, many more people contribute to incremental innovation. In High Involvement Innovation, John Bessant describes how the involvement of the workforce as a whole can contribute their creativity and experience to help build a culture of continuous innovation.

Designed for MBA and MSc courses in the management of technology and innovation, High Involvement Innovation will also be highly relevant to practicing managers who are facing the challenge of trying to mobilize their organizations to be more capable of continuous innovation.

Supplementary materials for lecturers adopting High Involvement Innovation can be found on the following website:www.wiley.co.uk/innovate