Innovation Governance: How Top Management Organizes and Mobilizes for Innovation - Hardcover

Deschamps, Jean-Philippe; Nelson, Beebe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118588649 ISBN 13: 9781118588642

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2014

Synopsis

The business leader's guide to encouraging continuous innovation in any organization

Innovation governance is a hot topic in the business world. In a fast-paced business environment, the ability of corporate leaders to build purpose, direction, and focus for innovation is more important than ever. In this book, the authors provide a framework for encouraging and focusing innovation by explaining what innovation governance is, the various models for governance and their advantages and disadvantages, how to assess and improve governance practices, and behavioral tactics for maximizing the effectiveness of governance. It offers guidance for everyone from the boardroom through senior management, illustrating effective governance models with real case studies from a range of companies in the United States and Europe.

• Addresses an important yet underappreciated skill for CEOs, board members, and top management
• Features real-world examples and case studies from a variety of business from around the world
• Written by an author team with hands-on experience in the subjects of innovation management, organizational learning, innovation leadership, organizational behavior, and individual leadership and teamwork

Innovation governance is a sadly neglected topic in many organizations. This book offers vital guidance and real-world experience for building innovation into any business from the top down.

 

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From the Back Cover:

“Innovation is a key driver of Nestlé’s growth and profitability, and this is why both top management and the board take innovation governance very seriously. In their book, Deschamps and Nelson highlight many practical aspects of innovation governance considered as a system, including descriptions of frequently-used organizational models. Their book should be an eye-opener for top management teams and boards of directors who are looking for ways to improve their company’s innovation performance.”
―Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, former CEO and Board Chairman, Nestlé

“To sustain itself in the new reality characterized by greater uncertainty, rising complexity, and rapid changes, an organization needs to put innovation as a high priority. It also needs to institutionalize innovation to enhance its ability to tap internal and external creativity and to create a framework for seamless execution. In their book, Deschamps and Nelson highlight the importance of innovation governance and provide flexible models to suit different contexts.”
―Ravi Kant, Vice Chairman and former MD and CEO, Tata Motors Group (including JLR UK, Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicles, Korea and other companies); Chairman, Indian Institute of Management, Rohtak

“In this new book, Deschamps and Nelson deal with a critical topic that is too seldom discussed in companies. Combining years of research on the subject and first-class knowledge of best practices in the corporate world, they raise all the right questions on innovation governance and provide thought provoking answers. Illustrated with great examples from leading corporations, their book is a must-read for any executive or board member who considers innovation as vital to the long term success of their enterprise!”
―Dominique Turpin, Professor and President, IMD (Lausanne, Switzerland)

"In Innovation Governance, Deschamps and Nelson scale new heights in taking the question of innovation leadership to a higher plane by focusing on the core reason for failure: lack of a well-established system for governing innovation."
―Bill George, Professor, Harvard Business School; former Chair and CEO, Medtronic

From the Inside Flap:

Innovation is an essential competence to embed into corporate structure through organizational leadership. Following on from Innovation Leaders, which focussed on central figures of innovation, Innovation Governance is a management guide to implementing corporate innovation governance systems. 

Embracing innovation has become the new corporate imperative as the pressures of technological progress and global competition have made it a vital component in the survival and growth of businesses. Whilst many companies seek to adopt an innovation-friendly culture, embedding a sustained approach often remains a challenge. Innovation Governance provides a comprehensive framework to help top management develop the overarching values, policies and initiatives needed for a corporate innovation constitution. 

Innovation Governance is written by experienced innovation management practitioners, using real cases from companies in the US, Europe and Asia. Starting with a broad introduction clarifying what innovation governance means, this book also tackles:

• Governance models and their advantages/disadvantages
• Assessing and improving current innovation policies and activities
• Behavioural aspects that will help management make its governance effective

Innovation Governance aims to address a topic that is seldom addressed explicitly, to help top managers to develop innovation as a core competence in their company.

About this edition

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1118588649
• ISBN 13: 9781118588642
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 394