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HOW TO MANAGE EMPLOYEES’ INNOVATION POTENTIAL
Maciej SZCZEPANKIEWICZ
Poznan University of Technology,
Poznan, Poland.
Abstract
IN INSURANCE COMPANIES
The article presents the management methods used in the formation of employees' innovative potential. The
paper presents the main findings regarding the theoretical and practical management of innovators in the
enterprise. Based on research conducted on a group of managers of product departments in insurance
companies (n = 120), the author has prepared a catalog of recommended management techniques. Article
brings important information on how to define employees' innovation potential and manage teams of
innovators.
Keywords: innovation potential, management, insurance, techniques, employees.
Introduction
The article will show the issue of selection of methods for managing innovation potential
(IP) of employees. The author is inspired by the fact that there is a need to better
understand the methods of innovation potential management. Insurance companies have
been selected as the research area, as it is important on the map of creating innovation –
especially financial innovations. Financial innovations are still scarcely explored. Their better
understanding can provide many benefits to the stakeholders of the financial market. In
addition, in the article the author focuses on managing employees regardless of sex, which
indicates a view that there exists no difference in the selection of management tools based
on gender (statistically significant). In the further part of the article, the foundations of such
inference will be presented.
In order to obtain a correct interpretation by the reader related to the described results of a
research, it is reasonable to indicate applied terminology. First of all, the concept of
innovation potential will be shown and an understanding of workforce management will be
clarified. In subsequent parts of the article, the author will present the method of the
research and its results. The summary, which crowns the publication, contains the
conducted discussion and the most important conclusions of the research.
The problem of management of the innovation potential of employees is not often
undertaken in such a form. While the problem of managing employees and innovation
management is strongly represented, the juxtaposition of these themes is very original. In
addition, in this study as a category associated with innovation, the innovation potential
could be demonstrated. Such a juxtaposition of subjects enables to design a research and, in
effect gain results, which may be useful in business.
First of all it is worth indicating the concept of innovation potential. Before introducing the
definition of innovation potential, it is worth outlining the terminology, which is related to
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