The human side of innovation systems [electronic resource] : innovation, new organization forms and competence building in a learning perspective / Peter Nielsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nielsen, Peter, author.

Series:

Perspectives on Inventions, Innovations and Imitations.

Perspectives on Inventions, Innovations and Imitations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations.

Knowledge management.

Organizational learning.

Labor supply--Effect of technological innovations on.

Labor supply.

Labor supply--Effect of technological innovations on--Denmark.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Aalborg, Denmark : Aalborg University Press, 2006.

System Details:

text file PDF

Summary:

The aim of this book is to analyze the relationship between innovation, English employment and competence development within the framework of new learning organization forms. Knowledge production and innovation are often seen as linear processes, assuming that scientific results are followed by technological invention, production and market introduction. An alternative approach, which is chosen in this book, is the interactive and learning approach to innovation. Here, product innovations are considered expressions of learning processes taking place inside firms and involving different functional groups and various decision levels, as well as relations with the firm's customers and subcontractors. A theoretical framework is constructed which combines the system of innovation approach and the system of employment approach. This framework is applied in a dynamic empirical study of enterprises in the private urban sector in Denmark. The empirical study utilizes a unique longitudinal data set. The data set combines two large surveys and detailed register data on 524 Danish firms, and it includes information on the behavior of the firms and all employees employed in each of the 524 firms for shorter or longer tenures in the period 1990 to 2000.

Contents:

Preface

chapter 1. Introduction

chapter 2. The firms in focus and their context

chapter 3. Product innovation and employment developments

chapter 4. Process innovation: ICT and employment dynamics

chapter 5. Process innovation: organizational change,employment and training

chapter 6. Organizations as learning systems

chapter 7. Demand for qualifications

chapter 8. Competence development and continuous vocational training

chapter 9. Personnel policies and strategies: flexibility, integration and mobility

chapter 10. Conclusion

References

Appendix A.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: