Devitt, Frank (2009) Submission to the Innovation Task Force at the Department of the Taoiseach. Technical Report. Department of the Taoiseach, Dublin. (Unpublished)

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A. Innovation is much more than science and technology. The non‐technology aspects of innovation are systemically neglected and must be brought under the auspices of a dedicated body, such as the Irish Business Innovation Foundation, with responsibility to coordinate, direct and champion actions and supports for non‐technological competencies that are essential for innovation. Failure to do this is wasteful of current budgets and impedes economic development across ALL industries: technology and non‐technology, manufacturing and service. B. Innovation is a whole‐brained, social, business process. Educational programmes and courses should encourage creativity, problem solving ability, integrative and independent thinking in students. This applies across all disciplines including Science and Technology, Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.

Item Type:	Monograph (Technical Report)
Keywords:	Innovation Task Force; Economic development - Ireland;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
Item ID:	2512
Depositing User:	Frank Devitt
Date Deposited:	27 Apr 2011 14:55
Publisher:	Department of the Taoiseach
URI:	http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/eng/Innovati...
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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