Contextual analysis as support for successful innovation in complex environments
Författare
Redaktör
- Tom McMaster
- David Wastell
- Elaine Ferneley
- Janice I. DeGross
Summary, in English
In order to survive and thrive, organizations need to adapt, re-invent themselves and therefore innovate. However many intentional efforts to bring about innovation do not succeed. In order to be successful, innovation requires the support of individuals throughout the environment in which it is emerging. However, in many cases such support is not forthcoming for a variety of reasons. In this paper, the authors discuss a number of barriers which may inhibit the success of innovative practice. They then discuss a role for Contextual Analysis as means to target individual engagement, and present an example of a method which could be used to conduct such analysis.
Avdelning/ar
Publiceringsår
2007
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
149-162
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Organizational Dynamics of Technology-Based Innovation: Diversifying the Research Agenda
Dokumenttyp
Del av eller Kapitel i bok
Förlag
Springer
Ämne
- Information Systems, Social aspects
Nyckelord
- Contextual Analysis
- Contextual Inquiry
- Systems Analysis
- Organizational Analysis
- Organizational Learning
- Individual Learning
- Strategic Systemic Thinking
- SST
- Complex Systems
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISBN: 978-0-387-72803-2