ORGANIZING FOR INNOVATION - COMPARTMENTS, COMPETENCES AND NETWORKS

This paper suggests that the mid-1990s will mark a turning point betwe en the end of the old industrial paradigm and the emergence of a new o ne. It is therefore important to plan for a new paradigm, but since we do not know exactly what it will be, planning should aim at promoting innovation. The organization of innovation can best be done by encour aging the formation of networks of innovation and by developing and di sseminating novel sets of concepts relevant to innovation. The paper i ntroduces two such concept-sets. First, the distinction between firm-s pecific competences and profession-specific competences. And secondly, concepts centred on a compartment of a few hundred people, with the r ight kind of boundaries and the right internal communication.