About the author:
Henra Mayer is CEO of Innocentrix, a company that specialises in providing innovation management services. Mayer completed her first degree at the University of Pretoria and then the Programme in Business Leadership (PBL) as well as the Masters Degree in Business Leadership (MBL) through UNISA.
Her Master’s Research Report was entitled Radical Innovation – Gearing for the Future through Corporate Renewal, which she obtained with distinction.
in other parts of the world (EU, USA, East Asia) in terms of successful innovation management. This, however, might have something to do with the industrial composition of our country. Although the picture is changing manufacturing, raw material extraction (mining) and agriculture together with the suppliers to this industry still represents a substantial part of our economic activity, local R&D spend does not compare with that of other countries while the advanced economies are largely made up of services representing a more progressive knowledge economy. Another matter not addressed in this feedback is the issue of inter-sector differences in the way innovation is managed in organisations. According to research conducted in this area and based on the feedback received by various experts, differences are definitely apparent. Factors that influence innovation in sectors are the level
of uncertainty the organisation
experiences and the complexity of the innovation outcome. The size of the firm also plays a role. Various experts are still being interviewed on the subject, the results of which will be available shortly.
The Innovation Journal
References 1 Organisational Innovation: “Organizational innovation ... is ... the development or adoption of an idea or behaviour into business operations that is new to the whole organization. It is the actualization of new technology or new administrative practices in terms of new products or new processes. New products include tangible products and intangible services and new processes include direct processes and support operations in an organization. New technology and new administrative practices can either already exist or be newly developed”
Organisational Innovation management (OIM): Organisational Innovation Management (OIM) ... (can be viewed as) ... a kind of managerial method, which provides an organisation with an underlying momentum for innovation, encouraging and facilitating the development of innovative ideas in a company (Wong & Chin, 2007) 2 Research conducted and shared by Prof Leon Oerlemans, full professor in Organisation Studies and founding member of the Center for Innovation Research at Tilburg University, the Netherlands and extraordinary professor Economics of Innovation at the Graduate School of Technology Management, University of Pretoria, South Africa and one of the main researchers involved in one of the major innovation surveys in South Africa.
Note: Abstracts of the research were placed here for easier consumption. Please contact Henra Mayer for a full version of the original report at E-mail
henra@innocentrix.co.za
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