Chapter 7 innovation and change Worksheet

the successful implementation of creative ideas in organizations
patterns of innovation overtime that can create sustainable competitive advantage
a new technical logical design or process that becomes the accepted market standard
the inability of a company to competitively sell its products because it relies on old technology or a non-dominant design
a psychological state of effortlessness, in which you become completely absorbed in what you're doing, and time seems to pass quickly
an approach to innovation that assumes a highly uncertain environment and uses intuition, flexible options, and hands on experience to reduce uncertainty and accelerate learning an understanding
A cycle of repetition in which a company test a prototype of a new product or service, improves on that design, and then builds and tests the improved prototype
a full scale, working model that is being tested for design, function, and reliability.
a systematic comparison of different product designs or design iterations
formal Project review points used to assess progress and performance.
work teams composed of people from different departments
a large decrease in organizational performance that occurs when companies don't anticipate, recognize or adapt to the internal or external pressures that threaten their survival
forces that produce differences in the form, quality, or condition of an organization overtime
forces that support the existing conditions in organizations
opposition to change resulting from self-interest, misunderstanding and distrust, and a general intolerance for change
getting the people affected by change to believe that changes needed
the process used to get workers and managers to change their behaviors or work practices
supporting and reinforcing new changes so they stick
the use of formal power and authority to force others to change
change created quickly by focusing on the measurement an improvement of results