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Working on Innovation book cover

1st Edition

Working on Innovation

Edited By Christophe Midler, Guy Minguet, Monique Vervaeke Copyright 2010
242 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

228 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

242 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Since the mid-1980s, the development of competitive strategies based on intensive innovation has deeply transformed the design of new products and services. Much has been written about new methods and organizations that are likely to develop economically competitive and creative capacities in companies. But much less has been written about transformation of work and identity of professionals... Read more

Acknowledgments

 

List of Abbreviations

 

1. Introduction: The New Regimes of Design in Industry and Working Process Christophe Midler, Guy Minguet, Monique Vervaeke

 

Part One: Constructing the Value of Innovation

 

2. Innovation-Driven Competition and Design System Dynamics: The Case of Car Communication Systems Christophe Midler, Sylvain Lenfle

 

3. From Watching the Markets to Making Trends: The Role of Industrial Designers in Competitive Strategies Monique Vervaeke

 

4. Concurrent Exploration and Research Management: Case Study Featuring a Speciality Chemicals Company Lise Gastaldi, Christophe Midler

 

5. Innovation Quest & Organization Dynamics in Start-Up: Linking the Cognitive and Social Dimensions in Start-Up Development  Philippe Silberzahn, Christophe Midler

 

Part Two: Innovations, Training And Social Identities

 

6. Engineering In Torment: Anomy or the Emergence of a Model Guy Minguet, Florence Osty

 

7. What Social Model Should Apply to Industrial Research? Analyzing Changes in Human Resources Management in a Speciality Chemicals Company Lise Gastaldi

 

8. Autopsy of the Internet Bubble: A Managerial Revolution or Capitalizing on Employees’ Emotions (France 1998-2003) Emmanuelle Savignac, Anne-Marie Waser

 

9. Redynamizing Trades: A Case Study in Aeronautic Industry  Philippe Lefebvre, Pascal Roos, Jean-Claude Sardas

 List of Editors

 

 List of Contributors

 

 References

 

Index

Biography

Christophe Midler, Research Director at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - National centre for scientific research, (CNRS), director of the Ecole Polytechnique’s Centre de Recherche en Gestion (CRG-Management Research Center) and Professor chair de Management de l’innovation, Ecole Polytechnique.

Guy Minguet, Professor of sociology, Deputy Head for Research of Human and Social Sciences department, Ecole des Mines de Nantes.

Monique Vervaeke, Sociologist, Researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire Maurice Halbwachs, École Normale supérieure, Paris.

'Managers and policymakers have been placing increasing emphasis on the importance of innovation and design.  But dynamic innovation and good design do not just happen: they are processes that are organised in companies and networks, and that are undertaken by specialised professionals.  This book breaks new ground by using a range of case and sectoral studies to show how these processes are changing and what this means for the identities, work and practices of the professionals involved.  It will be of interest to those working or planning to work in R&D, design and engineering, and to those who need to manage and plan for innovation and design.' Ian Miles (University of Manchester, UK)

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