The Development Of Managerial Innovations: From the Instrumental Approach to the Theory of the Diffusion of Innovations

For several years, companies have understood that the main factor for creating value and improving performance is the ability to innovate. Studies in fact show that innovation in business of any kind achieves its strategy with regard to competition and development. Among these innovations, we can cite managerial innovation which corresponds to any new management tool invented by organizations. We then deal in this paper with managerial innovation, trying to show the main literature which analyzes the modes of design and exploitation of new management tools. Our theoretical analysis shows that the study of new management tools has evolved from the instrumental approach to the approach of the theory of the diffusion of managerial innovations.