DocumentCode :
1276686
Title :
The innovation dilemma
Author :
Gaynor, G.H.
Author_Institution :
TMC
Volume :
40
Issue :
3
fYear :
2012
Abstract :
PETER Drucker reminded us, in Managing in a time of Great Change, that "every organization-not just business-needs one competence: innovation." While much is said and written about innovation, organizations struggle to do innovation. Part of the difficulty arises, because we lack an agreed upon definition of innovation. We confuse invention with innovation. We treat innovation as some Eureka moment. We hear people speak of innovation in science and engineering; such usage of the word innovation leads to confusion.PETER Drucker reminded us, in Managing in a time of Great Change, that "every organization-not just business-needs one competence: innovation." While much is said and written about innovation, organizations struggle to do innovation. Part of the difficulty arises, because we lack an agreed upon definition of innovation. We confuse invention with innovation. We treat innovation as some Eureka moment. We hear people speak of innovation in science and engineering; such usage of the word innovation leads to confusion.
Keywords :
Commercialization; Joining processes; Knowledge engineering; Organizations; Patents; Technological innovation;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Engineering Management Review, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0360-8581
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/EMR.2012.2206958
Filename :
6291572
Link To Document :
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