The management of innovation / Tom Burns and G.M. Stalker.

By:

Burns, Tom

Contributor(s):

Stalker, G. M

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c1994.Edition: Rev. edDescription: xxxv, 269 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

0198288786
9780198288787

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DDC classification:

658.4063 BUR

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Contents:

Preface to the Third Edition vii Preface to the Second Edition xxi Introduction 1 (18) PART ONE. THE EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES The Organization of Innovation 19 (18) The Development of the-Electronics Industry, and the Scottish Council's Scheme 37 (15) The Market Context 52 (25) PART TWO. ORGANIZATION AND CHANGE Management Structures and System 77 (19) Mechanistic and Organic Systems of Management 96 (30) Working Organization, Political System, and Status Structure within the Concern 126 (29) The Laboratory and the Workshop 155 (19) Industrial Scientists and Managers: Problems of Power and of Status 174 (35) PART THREE. DIRECTION AND THE SHAPING OF MANAGEMENT CONDUCT The Man at the Top 209 (23) The Shaping of Work Relationships 232 (20) Codes of Practice in Management Conduct 252 (11) References 263 (4) Index 267

Summary: The management of Innovation is one of the most influential books on organization theory and industrial sociology ever written. The main question it addresses--the relationship between an organization and its market and the technological environment--continues to preoccupy researchers and managers as innovation has even greater impact on organizational structures and competitiveness.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-266) and index.

Preface to the Third Edition vii
Preface to the Second Edition xxi
Introduction
1 (18)
PART ONE. THE EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES
The Organization of Innovation
19 (18)
The Development of the-Electronics Industry, and the Scottish Council's Scheme
37 (15)
The Market Context
52 (25)
PART TWO. ORGANIZATION AND CHANGE
Management Structures and System
77 (19)
Mechanistic and Organic Systems of Management
96 (30)
Working Organization, Political System, and Status Structure within the Concern
126 (29)
The Laboratory and the Workshop
155 (19)
Industrial Scientists and Managers: Problems of Power and of Status
174 (35)
PART THREE. DIRECTION AND THE SHAPING OF MANAGEMENT CONDUCT
The Man at the Top
209 (23)
The Shaping of Work Relationships
232 (20)
Codes of Practice in Management Conduct
252 (11)
References 263 (4)
Index 267

The management of Innovation is one of the most influential books on organization theory and industrial sociology ever written. The main question it addresses--the relationship between an organization and its market and the technological environment--continues to preoccupy researchers and managers as innovation has even greater impact on organizational structures and competitiveness.

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