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Terms and conditions applyThe Organization and Architecture of Innovation: Managing the Flow of Technology
Thomas J. Allen and Gunter W. Henn
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Format: Book
Pages: 136
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Date Published: Nov 2006
Stock Code: 59706
Binding: Paperback
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Building on his early pioneering work on the management of technology and innovation, Thomas J. Allen of MIT has joined with award-winning German architect Gunter Henn of HENN Architekten to produce a book that explores the combined use of two management tools to make the innovation process most effective: organisational structure and physical space. They present research demonstrating how organisational structure and physical space each affect communication among people in this case, engineers, scientists, and others in technical organisations and they illustrate how organisations can transform both to increase the transfer of technical knowledge and maximise the 'communication for inspiration' that is central to the innovation process. Allen and Henn illustrate their points with discussions of well-known buildings around the world, including Audis corporate headquarters, Steelcases corporate design center, and the Corning Glass Becker building, as well as several of Gunter Henns own projects, including the Skoda automotive factory in the Czech Republic and the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich. Allen and Henn then demonstrate the principles developed in their work by discussing in detail one example in which organisational structure and physical space were combined successfully to promote innovation with impressive results: HENN Architektens Project House for the BMW Group Research and Innovation Centre in Munich, cited by Business Week in naming BMW one of the worlds most innovative companies.
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