Research information. Innovation awards : a case study

Vincent Cousin, Corporate R&D Vice-president of GTM Group, discusses the development of an award programme and management tool within a large, diverse, decentralized architectural and engineering construction company. This award programme successfully encourages a wide range of employees to suggest and implement innovation, captures the innovation and knowledge gained from project based work, disseminates the work within the large decentralized company for further exploitation, changes the culture and values of company and provides employees with a larger sense of participation and stakeholding.