This study aims at exploring ways to better manage organisational development andchange in practice. For project managers like myself it is important to gain a solidunderstanding about the drivers or inhibitors in these developments and changeprocesses. I was particularly interested in those...

Much recent discussion has highlighted the challenges posed by what have variouslybeen called “disruptive”, “discontinuous”, “breakthrough” and “radical” innovations.Although the labelling may vary, the underlying themes appear to be consistent. Inparticular it is clear that...

This chapter describes design tools and their use in enhancing design capability of business and was commissioned from Inns by editors Bruce & Bessant & the UK Design Council. Writings are based on Inns' review of design tool literature, his research as Principal Investigator / Co-Investigator...

This book provides a research-based overview of the use of games to facilitate learning in innovation/entrepreneurship and draws on work in several European institutions and well-known companies. Also, it provides a review of experiences in using games, a typology and a model for introducing...

A paradox in innovation management is that firms deploying what is generally recognised 'good practice' can find themselves under threat through disruption caused by some form of discontinuity in their operating environment. Routines suited to dealing with 'steady state' innovation differ from...

Objective: There is an ongoing need for businesses to strive to maintain ideals within environmental, economic and social values – commonly known as the triple bottom line. Manufacturing as a sector has advanced drastically and the literature on sustainable business models in this sector has...

Much of the research on innovation to date has been on the private sector (and, within that, biased towards manufacturing) but the processes involved are equally relevant to the public as well as the private sector. This article looks at how innovation is organized and managed, at the routines...

Research on the innovation process and its effective management has consistently highlighted a set of themes constituting 'good practice'. The limitation of such 'good practice' is that it relates to what might be termed 'steady state' innovation - essentially innovative activity in product and...