Don't blame the tools
Subtitle: the adoption and implementation of managerial innovations
By: Elizabeth Daniel, Andrew Myers, Keith Dixon
Contributors: Myers, Andrew; Dixon, Keith, 1952-; ScienceDirect (Online service)
Publisher: Elsevier/Cima Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
ISBN-13: 9780080963716
Subjects: Technological innovations; Management; Organizational change
Description: Those managing organisations are often criticised for being 'faddish' in their use of new management ideas or innovations, too easily falling into the trap of adopting the latest new idea or concept because it is 'flavour of the month'. This research-based report presents an in-depth account and analysis of the adoption and implementation of two popular large-scale managerial innovations in four different organisations. It provides case studies of actual adoption and implementation of the balanced scorecard and programme/project management offices. The study explores the reasons for the adoption of the innovations and how these reasons shape implementation success. The report also provides examples of good practice that practising managers use to improve the implementation of new management practices in their own organisations. . Presents an original research-based study that explores the reasons why organisations adopt new management practices (e.g. balanced scorecard and programme/project management offices) . Links the reasons for adoption with the success of implementation . Provides examples of good practice that can improve the implementation of new management practices in organisations.
Notes: Description based on print version record.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Executive Summary; Introduction: Adoption and Implementation of Managerial Innovations; Research Aims and Questions; Research Method; Summary of Case Studies; Discussion of Findings; Summary of Findings; Conclusions; Implications of Research; Limitation of the Study and Suggestions for Further Research; References.