The management of innovation: strategy, structure, and organizational climate

Author

Saleh, Shoukry D. ; Wang, Clement K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Manage. Sci., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada

Volume

40

Issue

1

fYear

1993

fDate

2/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

14

Lastpage

21

Abstract

Some of the factors that differentiate innovative and less innovative companies are investigated. The companies that have won the Canada Awards for Business Excellence Program for invention and innovation in the past six years are compared to similar groups of companies. The study focuses on the differences in managerial strategy, organizational structure, and organizational climate. The results show that the innovative companies use, or have, more of the following than the less innovative ones: calculated risk taking, management commitment to entrepreneurial activities and innovation, integration and intermingling of talents in teams and task forces, group and collective orientation, and a reward system that reinforces entrepreneurial behavior

Keywords

management; calculated risk taking; entrepreneurial activities; innovation management; managerial strategy; organizational climate; organizational structure; Acceleration; Companies; Concrete; Corporate acquisitions; Innovation management; Risk management; Strategic planning; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9391

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/17.206645

Filename

206645