How to enhance innovation management in manufacturing companies

Abstract:   This thesis aims at how to enhance innovation management in the companies. Collecting the data by surveys which we have sent to five Swedish companies. Through studying the theories and analyzing the data, then we got a new model about how to enhance innovation management.    Through the survey and literatures studies, we found that innovation was the most important for an enterprise; it is a power of enterprise survival and development. To enhance the innovation capability, enterprises must strengthen their innovation management.    How to enhance the innovation management effectively? With this purpose question, we have analyzed it through management idea innovation, technology innovation and culture innovation. Through the survey analysis and the theories study, there are 9 factors should be considered when the innovation management has launched .the company should know how to balance the dilemma of innovation, moreover, leader own the open views and offer a loose and free environment to the employees, then choosing a right partner and gain more support in form of fund and technology and so on. At last, we created a new model about enhancing innovation management. In conclusion, innovation management should be taken be an active state in organization operation with the management idea innovation, technology innovation and culture innovation.