Promoting Innovation and Learning through Change Laboratory: An Example from Finnish Health Care
The objective of this article is to introduce Change Laboratory as a new method for promoting innovation and learning in organizations and at work. Change Laboratory® represents an example of the social process of innovation during which new ideas are developed and put into action within an organiza...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:9ea8e1c1aee64b6dbe573ec4a6bee528 2023-05-15T17:42:33+02:00 Promoting Innovation and Learning through Change Laboratory: An Example from Finnish Health Care Hannele Kerosuo Anu Kajamaa Yrjö Engeström 2010-07-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/9ea8e1c1aee64b6dbe573ec4a6bee528 EN eng Sciendo http://www.cejpp.eu/index.php/ojs/article/view/51 https://doaj.org/toc/1802-4866 1802-4866 https://doaj.org/article/9ea8e1c1aee64b6dbe573ec4a6bee528 Central European Journal of Public Policy, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 110-131 (2010) social process of innovation knowledge-creation Change Laboratory cultural-historical activity theory hospitals Political science J article 2010 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T04:35:35Z The objective of this article is to introduce Change Laboratory as a new method for promoting innovation and learning in organizations and at work. Change Laboratory® represents an example of the social process of innovation during which new ideas are developed and put into action within an organization. We suggest that successful social processes of innovation can be promoted through expansive learning in Change Laboratories. Change Laboratory is based on cultural-historical activity theory and provides a set of instruments for innovating through expansive learning. In this article, we illustrate a process of learning on a case example from Finnish health care. The case shows how Change Laboratory was applied to develop a surgical unit of a university hospital in Northern Finland. The social process of innovation involved the development of a new organizational and leadership model. In conclusion, we suggest that organizations can improve their capacity to innovate through expansive learning in Change Laboratory interventions. In order to understand the process of innovation the contradictions and their transformations need to be understood in the scrutinized activity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
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The objective of this article is to introduce Change Laboratory as a new method for promoting innovation and learning in organizations and at work. Change Laboratory® represents an example of the social process of innovation during which new ideas are developed and put into action within an organization. We suggest that successful social processes of innovation can be promoted through expansive learning in Change Laboratories. Change Laboratory is based on cultural-historical activity theory and provides a set of instruments for innovating through expansive learning. In this article, we illustrate a process of learning on a case example from Finnish health care. The case shows how Change Laboratory was applied to develop a surgical unit of a university hospital in Northern Finland. The social process of innovation involved the development of a new organizational and leadership model. In conclusion, we suggest that organizations can improve their capacity to innovate through expansive learning in Change Laboratory interventions. In order to understand the process of innovation the contradictions and their transformations need to be understood in the scrutinized activity. |
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Promoting Innovation and Learning through Change Laboratory: An Example from Finnish Health Care |
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Promoting Innovation and Learning through Change Laboratory: An Example from Finnish Health Care |
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Promoting Innovation and Learning through Change Laboratory: An Example from Finnish Health Care |
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Central European Journal of Public Policy, Vol 4, Iss 1, Pp 110-131 (2010) |
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