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The Role Of Plans In The Formation Of A New Innovation Practice: An Innovation Object Perspective

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  • SIW M. FOSSTENLØKKEN

    (School of Economics and Business, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, NMBU, PO BOX 5003, 1430 Ås, Norway)

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This paper explores the role of plans, as objects, in the formation of new innovation practice in organisations. A vocabulary for analysis is developed from innovation object theory. First, findings from an ethnographic study in a hospital organisation show that a plan serves several functions depending on its activation for use: a checklist of past practice (tertiary object), an opener for debates over current practice (secondary object) and a trigger for future practice development (primary object). Second, a framework is offered that shows how a plan supports different functionalities (evaluating, debating, further exploring) in a temporal dynamics of practice formation. Third, thus, plans play a significant role not only in planning activities, but also as connectors that shape and patch together pieces of past, present and future into what actually become new organisational practice. Finally, implications for innovation theory and management are drawn from these novel contributions.

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  • Siw M. Fosstenløkken, 2019. "The Role Of Plans In The Formation Of A New Innovation Practice: An Innovation Object Perspective," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 23(04), pages 1-23, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:23:y:2019:i:04:n:s1363919619500312
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919619500312
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