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Social Innovation at Work: Workplace Innovation as a Social Process

In: Challenge Social Innovation

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  • Peter Totterdill

    (UK Work Organisation Network)

  • Peter Cressey

    (University of Bath)

  • Rosemary Exton

    (UK Work Organisation Network)

Abstract

What happens in the workplace has enormous social as well as economic implications. Workplace innovation is the process through which “win-win” approaches to work organisation are formulated – good for the sustainable competitiveness of the enterprise and good for the well-being of employees. Workplace innovation is also an inherently social process involving knowledge sharing and dialogue between stakeholders. The knowledge economy that lies at the heart of the Europe 2020 Strategy is inconceivable without the active involvement of employees. There is however an unhelpful policy dualism between rights-based representative participation and discretionary task-based participation. Representative participation can drive, resource and sustain participative work practices, integrating the strategic knowledge of leaders with the tacit knowledge of employees. The paper demonstrates that, at the heart of such cases, the systemic incorporation of opportunities for “productive reflection” can be found throughout the organisation.

Suggested Citation

  • Peter Totterdill & Peter Cressey & Rosemary Exton, 2012. "Social Innovation at Work: Workplace Innovation as a Social Process," Springer Books, in: Hans-Werner Franz & Josef Hochgerner & Jürgen Howaldt (ed.), Challenge Social Innovation, edition 127, pages 241-259, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-642-32879-4_15
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32879-4_15
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