The Psychology of Innovation in Organizations

AvDavid H. Cropley,Arthur J. Cropley

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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In today's highly competitive market, organizations increasingly need to innovate in order to survive. Drawing on a wealth of psychological research in the field of creativity, David H. Cropley and Arthur J. Cropley illustrate practical methods for conceptualizing and managing organizational innovation. They present a dynamic model of the interactions between four key components of creativity - product, person, process, and press - which function as building blocks of innovation. This volume sheds new light on the nature of innovative products and the processes that generate them, the psychological characteristics of innovative people, and the environments that facilitate innovation. It also fills a significant gap in the current literature by addressing the paradoxical quality of organizational innovation, which may be both helped and hindered by the same factors. The authors demonstrate that with proper measurement and management, organizations can effectively encourage individuals to produce and take advantage of novel ideas.

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Utgivningsdatum:2015-07-22
Mått:157 x 235 x 18 mm
Vikt:490 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:260
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781107088399

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David H. Cropley is Associate Professor of Engineering Innovation at the University of South Australia. His publications include Creativity and Crime: A Psychological Analysis (with Arthur J. Cropley), The Dark Side of Creativity (with Arthur J. Cropley, James C. Kaufman and Mark A. Runco), and Creativity in Engineering: Novel Solutions to Complex Problems. Arthur J. Cropley is Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Hamburg. He was the founding editor of the European Journal of High Ability (currently known as High Ability Studies), and he is the author or editor of twenty-eight books, which have been widely translated.

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'While the first part of this carefully researched and well-written book focuses on the basic building blocks of innovation, the second part shows in detailed yet practical terms how to measure aspects of your organization to marshal them for innovation. Logical and useful, this work provides resources for managers and educators alike. Great discussion of the paradoxes of innovation and good reviews of assessment measures set the stage for the introduction of the authors' comprehensive innovation assessment measure, the IPAI. Using a systems approach, these accomplished authors overcome the failures of previous methods by addressing each aspect in context, not as a static, isolated element of the process. Bravo!' Susan P. Besemer, PhD

Innehållsförteckning

1. Understanding innovation: a reorientation; Part I. Basic Concepts: 2. Products: what does innovation lead to?; 3. Process: how are innovative ideas formed?; 4. Person: the personal resources that support innovation; 5. Press: where the innovation happens?; Part II. Managing Innovation: 6. Paradox: the contradictions of innovation; 7. Measuring the building blocks of innovation; 8. Innovation and organizational performance; 9. Managing the paradoxes of innovation; 10. General conclusions.