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Innovation in acceptable doses: problems of supplementing educational technology innovations in firms
Author(s) -
Bierfelder W.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
randd management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.253
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1467-9310
pISSN - 0033-6807
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9310.1976.tb01251.x
Subject(s) - interim , dual (grammatical number) , simple (philosophy) , resistance (ecology) , knowledge management , business , innovation management , duality (order theory) , technology innovation , software , computer science , engineering management , industrial organization , risk analysis (engineering) , process management , engineering , mathematics , political science , programming language , art , ecology , philosophy , literature , epistemology , discrete mathematics , law , biology
This paper gives the interim results of a research study of innovation in educational technology, and of obstacles to such innovation, based on interviews with senior management in 160 major firms. The special characteristics of innovation in this area are considered, including the duality between hardware and software, and the need to proceed by large steps. An analysis is made of the nature and sources of resistance to innovation, and of the possible means of overcoming it, including ‘gatekeeper’ activities. It is concluded that simple analyses and solutions are unlikely to be successful, and that a multi‐dimensional approach is required.