This book examines discourses of knowledge and innovation in
post-industrial societies and knowledge-based organizations. The
author investigates the value of knowledge and the question of
innovation management in a fully commercial environment for a
technology company. In contrast with most of the mainstream
approaches to knowledge and innovation management this volume
chooses as its starting point a critical examination of these
assumptions before proceeding with further suggestions on how to
manage knowledge. Using brand new empirical research, the author
argues for the significance of addressing the political games and
power struggles enacted in managing innovation processes, which
result from the opportunity certain groups seek to acquire or
extend their control over valuable resources. Again, in contrast to
mainstream approaches that reduce power to the ability of
individuals to negotiate in order to promote their ideas, the
analysis adopts an extended view on power, and seeks to reveal the
ambiguities and challenges of innovation management. This work will
be of most interest to researchers and students of knowledge and
innovation management, namely postgraduates and second degree
students, as well as managers in knowledge-based organisations.
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