The Mismanagement of Innovation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2327166 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Janette Webb (0000-0001-8295-346X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 471-492 |
| Publication date | 1992-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0038038592026003007 |
| OpenAlex | W1984269220 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 13 |
The paper argues the need for a sociology of management which relates the micro-sociology of management activities to the economic performance of the firm and to debates about power relations and the distribution of wealth. The substance of the paper is a study of a medium-sized British company in the computer components industry. The research focuses on the relationships between development engineers and managers, and analyses the structural reasons for the failure to innovate. In particular it shows that management, in attempting to pursue an instrumental rationality, undermined the achievement of their own objectives. The contradiction between the logic of short-term instrumental controls and the espoused organic, human resources model of management produced a damaging pattern of workplace relations characterised by distrust and defensiveness. The result was a motivational crisis over the management of innovation, which contributed to the eventual failure of the business
Business · Contradiction · Distrust · Economics · Epistemology · Political science · Positive economics · Power (physics) · Rationality · Sociology · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Law · Management and Organizational Studies · Marketing
Labor and monopoly capital
Labor and Monopoly Capital
Trust Dynamics and Organizational Integration
History and Heritage
New Wave Management
Strategy or Structure? Capital, Labour and Control
Inventions From R & D
A Critical Evaluation of Fox's Radicalisation of Industrial Relations Theory
Organizational Structure, Environment and Performance
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,27 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2014 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |