Sustainable innovation : the organisational, human and knowledge dimension / contributing editor, René Jorna.

Contributor(s):

Jorna, René J

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Sheffield : Greenleaf, 2006.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 372 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781909493650
1909493651
1874719993
9781874719991
135128035X
9781351280358

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Sustainable innovation.DDC classification:

658.4038 22

LOC classification:

T212 .S87 2006eb

Other classification:

85.15

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EBSCOhost

Contents:

pt. A. Sustainable innovation : the organisational, human and knowledge dimension -- pt. B. Instruments and models -- pt. C. The organisational (business) projects -- pt. D. Theory and practice : results from the organisational projects.

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Summary: How sustainable is innovation? Problematically, most contemporary patterns of innovation in human social systems and organisations are not sustainable. This prevents people from learning effectively, from recognising and solving their problems, and from operating in sustainable ways. It is arguably why societies, businesses and industries around the world are so unsustainable. Sustainable innovation is a pattern of social learning and problem-solving that is, itself, sustainable. The sustainability of innovation, moreover, is linked to the sustainability of its outcomes, which manifest themselves in what people produce and do in the world. As challenges such as demographic pressures, ethnic tensions, terrorism, global poverty, pandemics and abrupt climate change force their way into mainstream politics and business, so we see growing interest in innovation, entrepreneurial solutions and, critically, issues such as how to ensure successful solutions replicate and scale. Sustainable innovation aims to illustrate that shift.

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How sustainable is innovation? Problematically, most contemporary patterns of innovation in human social systems and organisations are not sustainable. This prevents people from learning effectively, from recognising and solving their problems, and from operating in sustainable ways. It is arguably why societies, businesses and industries around the world are so unsustainable. Sustainable innovation is a pattern of social learning and problem-solving that is, itself, sustainable. The sustainability of innovation, moreover, is linked to the sustainability of its outcomes, which manifest themselves in what people produce and do in the world. As challenges such as demographic pressures, ethnic tensions, terrorism, global poverty, pandemics and abrupt climate change force their way into mainstream politics and business, so we see growing interest in innovation, entrepreneurial solutions and, critically, issues such as how to ensure successful solutions replicate and scale. Sustainable innovation aims to illustrate that shift.

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