PLM Library · Book
Managing Innovation
Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change
- Author
- Joe Tidd, John Bessant
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Edition
- 8th edition
- Year
- 2025
Summary
A standard textbook on innovation management that treats innovation as the integration of technological, market and organizational change rather than a purely technical activity.
It covers innovation strategy, processes, structures and capabilities, with frameworks and cases on building the management practices needed to support innovation beyond individual projects or technology deployments.
Our verdict
Recommended reading. Places organizational change within the broader innovation system — useful for examining the structures, capabilities and management practices a PLM or innovation initiative depends on.
Who should read it
- —Innovation and R&D managers building innovation capabilities
- —Students and educators in innovation and technology management
- —PLM leaders positioning their initiative within an innovation strategy
How it relates to your work
- —Helps frame PLM as an enabler of innovation processes rather than an isolated IT project.
- —Provides structure for assessing organizational capabilities and change readiness.
Keep in mind
- —A broad textbook; PLM is one enabler among many, not the focus.
- —Academic in style; best used as a structured reference.