The management of innovation /
Tom Burns and G.M. Stalker.
- Rev. ed.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, c1994.
- xxxv, 269 p. ; 22 cm.
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.