Creative and innovative management has come to be seen as essential in a world buffeted by rapid and dramatic change. Initially seen as characteristic of dynamic, entrepreneurial organizations, creative and innovative management is now seen as critical to the survival of large bureaucracies, whether they are part of the public or the private sectors.This volume draws together major management scholars and strategists who examine the forces and factors that enhance or inhibit creative and innovative activities in large organizations. Examples are drawn from the United States and Japan as well as Eastern Europe and China. This volume is essential reading for academics and researchers, as well as practioners, charting the future of large corporations and government bureaucracies in a world of turbulent change.

Essential reading for all concerned about the fate of large corporations and government bureaucracies in the 21st century.

Orientation and Overview by Robert Lawrence KuhnCreative and Innovative Management: Background and SettingThe Growth and Internationalization of Creative and Innovative Management by George KozmetskyDynamic Change in Diverse Political and Economic EnvironmentsThe American Administrative Style: A Costly Inheritance by Walt W. RostowPlan for Transition to a Market Economy in the Soviet Union by Gennedy FilshinHungarian Transformation: Challenge for Innovation by Janos VecsenyiChina's Reform by Dyong KongManagement of Change in a Large Japanese Monopoly by Hidesada ToriyamaComments on Dynamic Change in Diverse Political and Economic Environments by Dennis SchorrRestructuring Large-Scale Bureaucracies for Creativity and InnovationCreativity and Innovation in Large Organizations by Paul A. Schumann, Jr.How to Make Entrepreneurship Work in Established Companies by Eric G. Glamholtz and Yvonne RandieReassessing Human Resources in Large-Scale Bureaucracies by Helen M. MoyeInnovation in Large NASA R&D Programs by Humboldt C. Mandell, Jr.Introducing Creativity in Educational Bureaucracies by Arie Y. LewinContinuous Quality Improvement in Health-Care Services by Bertram S. Brown, Susan F. Lefkowitz, and J.D. Aguera-AreasSustaining Excellence in the Twenty-First Century: A Vision and Strategies for the University of California's Administration by Richard KatzStrategic Alliances for Japanese Mid-Sized Firms by Robert Lawrence KuhnNew Technologies for Inducing and Measuring Creative and Innovative ManagementGenerating Creativity and Innovation: A Marketing Perspective by Jerry WindA Managerial Tool for Diagnosing Structural Readiness for Breakthrough Innovations in Large Bureaucracies (Technocracies) by Gerhard O. MenschForecasting Manpower Supply and Demand at Different Stages of Industrial Development by Arnold ReismanIdentifying the Scope for Creative and Innovative Management in Large Bureaucracies by Timothy W. RuefliArtificial Intelligence and Expert Systems: Potential and Problems for Large-Scale Bureaucracies by Ronald M. LeeA Survey of Needs for Human-Friendly Fuzzy Systems by Akira IshikawaDiscovery Engineering and Negotiating Organizational Change by Julian GresserLeadership for Creativity in Organizations by Nirmal K. SethiaA Personal Summary by Robert Lawrence KuhnIndex