Promoting and Maintaining Innovation

Promoting and Maintaining Innovation

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University of Phoenix

OI 361 Innovation, Design, and Creativity

for a Competitive Advantage

Promoting and Maintaining Innovation

Innovation is a combination of creativity, to come up with ideas, and implementation, putting those ideas into practice. Implementation is a three step process: idea selection, development, and commercialization (Von Stamm, 2003). Innovation is required in order for an organization to grow and remain ahead of the competition. Organizations use motivational tools to promote innovation in the workplace. This paper will evaluate the roles these motivational tools play in promoting innovation and the leadership required to maintain innovation in an organization.

Roles of Motivational Tools...