Don't blame the tools : the adoption and implementation of managerial innovations

57 Pages·2009·1.134 MB·English

by  Elizabeth Daniel, Andrew Myers, Keith Dixon

Don’t Blame the Tools:
The Adoption and Implementation
of Managerial Innovations
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Don’t Blame the Tools: The
Adoption and Implementation
of Managerial Innovations
Prof Elizabeth Daniel
Open University Business School, United Kingdom
Dr Andrew Myers
Open University Business School, United Kingdom
Dr Keith Dixon
University of Canterbury, New Zealand

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Contents
Researchers' Contact Details viii
Acknowledgements ix
1 Executive Summary 1
2 Introduction 4
3 Adoption and Implementation of
Managerial Innovations 6
4 Research Aim and Questions 13
5 Research Method 13
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6 Summary of Case Studies 15 te
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7 Discussions of the Findings 17
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8 Summary of Findings 33
9 Conclusions 36
10 Implications of the Research 39
11 Limitation of the Study and Suggestions
for Further Research 42
References 43
Index 45
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Researchers' Contact Details
Elizabeth Daniel Open University Business School,
United Kingdom, Email: [email protected]
Andrew Myers Open University Business School,
United Kingdom
Keith Dixon University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the Research Foundation at the Chartered
Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) for funding the research de-
scribed in this report. We would also like to thank the managers within the
case study organisations who gave their time and shared their experiences
of adopting and implementing managerial innovations and the reviewers
who provided valuable feedback on an earlier draft of this report.
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