Chapter 12
The Inovation Context


The Innovative Organization by Mintzberg
  1. The author states that in adhocracies, "strategy is not formulated consciously in one place so much as formed implicity by the specfic actions taken in many places." What's your reaction to this statement?
  2. What are the immplications of the idea that "strategies can take root in all kinds of strange places?"

Managing Innovation: Controlled Chaos by Quinn
  1. What are some of the fores that inhibit innovation in large organizations?
  2. Why is it that "few, if any, major innovations result from highly structured planning systems?"



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