Colleagues might be interested in submitting to the following
conference:
European Academy of Management Conference- 4th-6th May 2005
Track: Innovation, creativity & design
Innovation remains a key topic for a manager's agenda - and therefore an
important topic for academics around the world. There has been much
research, primarily from the fields of economics, operations management
and marketing, and increasingly also from fields of organizational
behavior, strategy and design/design management, but there remains a
wide gulf between the acknowledgement of the need to become more
innovative, and the ability to translate that need into action and
reality. For example, in a survey undertaken by the innovation and
creativity consultancy Synectics in 2003, 80% of participants declared
innovation to be of high importance to their organization, but only 4%
feel their organizations to be superior at it. While creativity is a
long-established topic in management research and an acknowledged first
step for innovation, the role of design and designers in the context of
innovation is much less understood and explored.
Topics for papers include:
* Processes to enhance and
embed creativity in individuals, teams and organizations
* Pre-requisite for
(traits of) innovation, creativity and design at the individual, team
and organizational level (e.g. teams, collaboration, knowledge sharing,
attitude towards risk and failure, leadership style)
* Understanding and
measuring the impact of innovation
* Gaining buy-in into, and
involvement in, innovation
* Balancing the needs of
day-to-day operations with those of innovation (e.g. what are the right
levels of innovation and investment in innovation)
* Successful management of
innovation from conception to implementation (e.g. managing end-to-end
processes, locus of responsibility for innovation)
* Under-utilized levers
for supporting innovation (e.g. the use of designers)
* The strategic role of
design
* The role of design and
design management in innovation
* Implications of the
economic importance and the particular challenges of innovation,
creativity and design for education and educational institutions
Papers that are based on industry-collaboration are particularly
welcome.
Submissions to the track: Please follow the information on how to format
and submit your paper as published on the EURAM 2005 conference web site
(www.euram2005.de).
Track Chairs:
Dr Bettina von Stamm, Visiting Fellow, Cranfield School of Management,
Cranfield University, [log in to unmask];The Old Rectory, The Green,
North Wootton, Norfolk, PE30 3RD Phone: +44(0)7767 428 457
The Track will be designed in collaboration with,
* John Bessant, AIM
National Competitiveness Fellow and Professor of Innovation Management
at Cranfield University, UK
* David Hands, Research
Fellow, School of Art and Design, University of Salford, UK
* Dr Philippa Ashton,
Senior Research Fellow, University of the Arts, London UK
* Professor Jung-Jyi Wu,
Department of Education, National Cheng-chi University, Taiwan
* Professor Se-Hwa Wu,
Graduate Institute of Technology and Innovation Management, National
Cheng-chi University, Taiwan
Contact: Dr Bettina von Stamm, [log in to unmask]
General Conference Information: www.euram2005.de
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Dr Philippa Ashton
Project Manager
Design Advantage
Principal Lecturer in Design Management
Staffordshire University
Senior Research Fellow
University of the Arts, London
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