Innovation Management by Promoting the Informal: Artistic, Experience-based, Playful

Includes case studies which allow for a close perspective of work practice in enterprises
Explores innovation from several viewpoints including management, innovation process, innovation work and innovation controlling, thereby providing a holistic perspective of innovation
Addresses limits of planning and coping with these limits

This book explores new approaches to successful innovation - with all uncertainty. Its focal points are management of the informal and a new perspective of human work: innovation work is based on artistic, experience-based and playful action.
The book helps recognize and utilize new success potentials for innovation in enterprises. It addresses managers and experts who are interested in promoting innovation in practice. Moreover, scientists will gather new interdisciplinary insights into innovation management and work organization from this book.