Managing innovation and change [printed text] / David Mayle, Author ; Open University, Author  . -  3rd ed. . - London : Sage Publications, 2006 . - xi, 288 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN : 978-1-4129-2250-0
Published in association with the Open University.

Class number:	658.406
Abstract:	Building on the success of the Second Edition with 19 new chapters, Managing Innovation and Change showcases the best work of thinkers writing in this area and provides a coherent picture of key ideas and concepts to have emerged from this exciting field. Frequently radical and intentionally provocative in terms of topic and treatment, the book: - covers the increasing diversity of pressures to which modern enterprises are subjected; - reviews some of the more persistent acronyms to which the art of management is increasingly prone; - examines the nature of innovation; - looks at the broader issues surrounding change, and - turns to those attributes of leadership which are consistent with the successful management of innovation and change. Published in association with the Open University.
Contents note:	Part 1 Environments 1 Gaining competitive advantage in a carbon-constrained world 2 Corporate socail responsibility 3 Outsourcing innovation 4 From scenario thinking to strategic action Part 2 Approaches 5 Quality is dead in Europe 6 An overview of continuous improvement 7 Learning to evolve 8 The barriers to customer responsive supply chain management Part 3 Innovation 9 Ackoff on innovation 10 How you can benefit by predicting change 11 The era of open innovation 12 The innovator's prescription Part 4 Change 13 The empowerment of service workers 14 Ambidextrous organizations 15 Technical entrepreneurship in high technology small firms 16 Targeting innovation and implication for capability developement Part 5 Leadership 17 The role of leadership in the modernization and improvement of public services 18 Level 5 leadership 19 The failure-tolerant leader 20 Paradox of coordination and control Index.