On the co-existence of innovation and creativity in the lean management environment

Jan  Lichtarski; Małgorzata  Trenkner

doi:10.23762/FSO_VOL6_NO3_5

Published : 2018-09-14

Vol. 6 No. 3 (2018)

On the co-existence of innovation and creativity in the lean management environment

Jan Lichtarski

Małgorzata Trenkner

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23762/FSO_VOL6_NO3_5

Abstract

The innovativeness and creativity of companies are of particular significance in terms of shaping competitive position. Both of these phenomena should co-exist and interact with each other. The aim of the paper is the preliminary identification of the determinants of innovation and creativity in enterprises and their bilateral coordination in the Lean Management environment. In order to accomplish the aims of the research, a study of the subject literature (on the theoretical level) was used, as well as the results of empirical research conducted on the basis of a case study within two companies. Thanks to the literature review, the assumption about the need to integrate and coordinate activities in the area of creativity and innovation was made. Case studies have shown that, in practice, unnecessary artificial divisions of these areas of the company’s operations are created. In both the theoretical and empirical layers, the necessity of continuing research into the given problem was confirmed.

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innovation, creativity, Lean Management

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Lichtarski, J. ., & Trenkner, M. . (2018). On the co-existence of innovation and creativity in the lean management environment. Forum Scientiae Oeconomia, 6(3), 67–81. https://doi.org/10.23762/FSO_VOL6_NO3_5

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Jan Lichtarski

jan.lichtarski@ue.wroc.pl

Affiliation:

Wrocław University of Economics, Poland Poland

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

Jan Lichtarski, full professor at the Department of economics and organisation of enterprise at the Wroclaw University of economics; specialises in business science, in particular in the field of modern concepts and methods of business management; author of over 200 scientific publications; member of Pan committees: sciences of Organisation and Management and Economic sciences; former member of the central commission for science Degrees and titles (2007-2012); he has supervised the doctoral theses of fifteen doctors of economic sciences.

Małgorzata Trenkner

malgorzata.trenkner@ue.wroc.pl

Affiliation:

Wrocław University of Economics, Poland Poland

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

Małgorzata Trenkner, PhD, is a research associate at the Department of Economics and Organisation of Enterprise at the Wroclaw University of economics, Poland; author of publications in the field of tQM, Lean Management, continuous improvement, organisational culture and leadership; host of Lean Management specialisation at the Wroclaw University of economics; business trainer and consultant for the implementation of management concepts and tools in enterprises.