'Nature has no outline, but imagination has' contrasting executive renditions of the 'commitment to innovation'

被引：1

作者：

Salaman, Graerne ^{[1
]}

Storey, John ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Open Univ, Sch Business, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, Bucks, England

来源：

EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT JOURNAL | 2009年 / 27卷 / 04期

基金：

英国经济与社会研究理事会;

关键词：

Knowledge; Strategy; Innovation; Executive directors; ENTERPRISE;

D O I：

10.1016/j.emj.2008.11.003

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

In recent years, corporate and governmental agency declarations of a commitment to, and exploitation of, 'innovation' has been pervasive and powerful. In this paper we show how executives rearrange such a dominant societal thematic in order to control their organization in a manner which fits with their interpretative schemas. Drawing upon in-depth research of discourse and action in two major corporations - one in banking and the other in advanced telecommunications equipment design and manufacture - we reveal how senior executives 'ruled in' certain ways of talking about innovation and strategy and also as a direct result, 'ruled out' other, alternative ways of thinking. Antecedent, formative thinking leading up to the banking crisis of 2008 is explored. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：234 / 242

页数：9