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| Author: | Zell, D. |
| Title: | Overcoming Barriers to Work Innovations: Lessons Learned at Hewlett-Packard |
| Journal: | Organizational Dynamics
2001 : VOL. 30:1, p. 77-86 |
| Index terms: | WORK INNOVATION MANAGEMENT |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper considers the problem of successfully diffusing work innovations. The problem of successfully diffusing work innovations and best practices throughout firms has plagued scholars and practitioners alike for almost 30 years. In the mid 1970s, organizational expert Richard Walton discovered a paradox: Despite success in one location, innovative work practices often failed to diffuse to others, remaining as "islands of innovation." As a result, companies were forced to reinvent new practices, resulting in costly duplication of effort. The problem of diffusing innovations persists, and is even more pronounced in today's knowledge economy, where survival requires learning faster than one's competitors. Best practices often linger in companies for years, unrecognized and unshared. |
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