Organisational Adoption
of Innovations
- Management Practices and IT
Erik Lundmark
Linköping Studies in Science and Technology Thesis No. 1352
Linköping 2008
Organisational Adoption of Innovations
– Management Practices and IT
To adopt, or not to adopt: that is the question. Organisations are constantly facing new innovations both in the form of new techni-cal solutions and new management practices. How to know if the innovation is beneficial or not? The forces influencing organisations are many – mass media, consultants and governmental bodies just to mention a few.
This thesis describes effects of use and reasons for using three different organisational innovations: ISO 9000, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and an administrative tool (the YAF-module) in the Swedish Sports Confederation’s system Swe-dish Sports Online.
Furthermore, the thesis compares the interaction patterns between organisation and innovation for the three innovations and discus-ses how decisions are made and implemented, and the consequen-ces for the satisfaction with the innovation.
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