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Topic outline

 

  • Time: 3 hours
    Level: Intermediate

 
 

Introduction

  • Introduction Resource
  • This unit will examine some of the key ideas connected with innovation in organisations. You will be introduced to some important concepts which are used to analyse innovation, in particular the distinction...
 

1 Invention and innovation

  • 1 Invention and innovation Resource
  • The terms ‘invention’ and ‘innovation’ are sometimes used interchangeably, although the concepts are readily distinguished. As you will see here, it is helpful to make a distinction in the context of organisational...
 

2 What's so great about innovation?

  • 2 What's so great about innovation? Resource
  • So far we have suggested that innovation is a positive concept and, it appears, the rate of innovation continues to accelerate, led mostly by technology. The process is an example of positive feedback,...
 

3 Unit summary

  • 3 Unit summary Resource
  • This unit should have given you some idea of the issues surrounding the concept of innovation, in particular the key concepts of invention and innovation, and the negative as well as the positive effects...
 

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