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A multilevel approach to research ‘Obscure’ innovation processes and practices
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posted on 2016-09-08, 10:29 authored by Emmanouil Chatzakis, Neil Smith, Erik BohemiaThe paper’s aim is to discuss a need for a multilevel research approach to
investigate innovation practices in organisations. We argue that this approach
overcomes some of the limitations of the single level research methods commonly
used investigating innovation performance and success. Specifically, the multilevel
research approach allows researchers and subsequently organisations to take into
consideration ‘obscured’ practices within innovation processes. First, we put forward
a motion that innovation processes permeate the formalised organisational
structures and practices. Then, we outline a case where many of the practices
associated with innovation are ‘obscured’. This is followed with discussion on how
the commonly used single level research methods fail to take into consideration
these obscured factors. We then introduce Activity Theory and propose a multilevel
framework which aims to overcome the shortfalls of the previous analytical methods.
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- Loughborough University London
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DRS2016: Design + Research + Society - Future-Focused ThinkingVolume
4Pages
1883 - 1903Citation
CHATZAKIS, E., SMITH, N. and BOHEMIA, E., 2016. A multilevel approach to research ‘Obscure’ innovation processes and practices. IN: Lloyd, P. and Bohemia, E. (eds). Proceedings of DRS2016: Design + Research + Society, Future-Focused Thinking. 50th Anniversary Conference of the Design Research Society, 27th-30th June 2016, Brighton, 4, pp. 1883 - 1903, DOI 10.21606/drs.2016.371Publisher
Design Research SocietyVersion
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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Acceptance date
2016-04-06Publication date
2016Notes
This conference paper was presented at DRS2016.ISSN
2398-3132Publisher version
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- en
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