%0 Journal Article %1 witte1977power %A Witte, E. %D 1977 %J International Studies Of Management & Organization %K power projects promotion %N 1 %P 47-70 %T POWER AND INNOVATION: A TWO-CENTER THEORY. %V 7

@article{witte1977power, added-at = {2013-10-13T12:40:10.000+0200}, author = {Witte, E.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/22ea9626f18726ca904e3e5d60c4aecf4/neillhog}, description = {The article investigates relationship between power and innovation. The success of innovative decisions depends on the amount of kinetic energy available within the organization to overcome barriers. These barriers can be divided into barriers of will and barriers of capability. The most favorable situation for overcoming barriers to innovation is a structure in which the roles of promoter by power and of promoter by knowhow are both fulfilled, and by two different persons' working in tandem. The superiority of the tandem structure in obtaining successful innovations is demonstrated through a sample of 233 innovation processes concerning the introduction of computers into German enterprises. The tandem structure was found in just over one-third of cases. In comparison with other power structures in the innovation process, the tandem structure was shown to favor more mobilization of organization members, as measured by their number of activities. It did not result in the fastest innovation process, but it did lead to those with the highest degree of innovation.}, interhash = {25a69eb8fcaafaef9327f9454d951362}, intrahash = {2ea9626f18726ca904e3e5d60c4aecf4}, journal = {International Studies Of Management & Organization}, keywords = {power projects promotion}, month = {Spring 77}, number = 1, pages = {47-70}, timestamp = {2013-10-13T12:42:05.000+0200}, title = {POWER AND INNOVATION: A TWO-CENTER THEORY.}, volume = 7, year = 1977 }