Something New
The first quality of social innovation is that it is something new, a new idea, strategy,
or program – something new for society, not just for the organization. Paul Light
contrasts two types of innovations: “Innovations in what an agency does (sometimes
called technical innovation) are closely related to innovations in how it does it
(administrative innovation). Some researchers argue, for example, that technical
innovations almost always provoke administrative innovations….”10 Light finds that
even though the two types of innovation are closely linked, most of the case studies he
used in his books demonstrate only one of these types, not both. For the purposes of
this thesis, I argue that social innovation is almost always a technical innovation –
something new in what an agency does, not something new in how an agency does its
work. Unless how an organization is doing its work is causing a problem or an
impediment to solving a problem, administrative innovation is likely to be a change to
an existing idea or something new only for the organization, not a new idea for solving
a social problem.
Something NewThe first quality of social innovation is that it is something new, a new idea, strategy,or program – something new for society, not just for the organization. Paul Lightcontrasts two types of innovations: “Innovations in what an agency does (sometimescalled technical innovation) are closely related to innovations in how it does it(administrative innovation). Some researchers argue, for example, that technicalinnovations almost always provoke administrative innovations….”10 Light finds thateven though the two types of innovation are closely linked, most of the case studies heused in his books demonstrate only one of these types, not both. For the purposes ofthis thesis, I argue that social innovation is almost always a technical innovation –something new in what an agency does, not something new in how an agency does itswork. Unless how an organization is doing its work is causing a problem or animpediment to solving a problem, administrative innovation is likely to be a change toan existing idea or something new only for the organization, not a new idea for solvinga social problem.
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