TY - CHAP
T1 - Contextual analysis as support for successful innovation in complex environments
AU - Bednar, Peter
AU - Welch, Christine
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - In order to survive and thrive, organizations need to adapt, reinvent themselves, and 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. In many cases, such support is not forthcoming for a variety of reasons. In this paper, the authors discuss a number of barriers that may inhibit the success of innovative practice. They then discuss a role for contextual analysis as the means to target individual engagement, and present an example of a method which could be used to conduct such analysis.
AB - In order to survive and thrive, organizations need to adapt, reinvent themselves, and 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. In many cases, such support is not forthcoming for a variety of reasons. In this paper, the authors discuss a number of barriers that may inhibit the success of innovative practice. They then discuss a role for contextual analysis as the means to target individual engagement, and present an example of a method which could be used to conduct such analysis.
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 9780387728032
T3 - IFIP international federation for information processing
SP - 149
EP - 161
BT - Organizational dynamics of technology-based innovation: diversifying the research agenda
A2 - McMaster, T.
A2 - Wastell, D.
A2 - Ferneley, E.
A2 - DeGross, J.
PB - Springer
CY - Berlin
ER -