Innovative Change in Higher Learning

According to Waterman and Peters (1998: 1-15), innovative excellence is an orientation toward change in business that is flexible and geared to meet needs using novel and exceptional solutions. The concept of innovative excellence is one of willingness to take extraordinary steps and novel approaches to solve problems, often in a way that generalizes across an entire company, plant, or even field.

Waterman and Peters (1-15) also note that innovative excellence is a level of creativity that places a company on the leading edge of change. In short then, innovative excellence is change not for change's sake but for the purpose of outstanding improvement, and it does indeed result in outstanding improvement.

Young (1) reports that the concept of innovative excellence has eight attributes or characteristics that allow for its identification. These include: (1)fostering an action orientation; (2) staying close to the consumer by providing service and quality; (3) developing a sim

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