Comments on: Institutional Barriers to Technological Innovation http://jefflail.com/2009/09/29/institutional-barriers-to-technological-innovation/ Student Activities, Student Union, Sports, and Technology....Oh, and I Like to Cook Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:25:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jeffnearlife http://jefflail.com/2009/09/29/institutional-barriers-to-technological-innovation/#comment-135 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:10:38 +0000 http://jefflail.com/?p=369#comment-135 Well said about what causes institutions to not innovate. Good point about better solutions; I wouldn’t even really say that’s just a student affairs problem but an institutional problem. The quandary is that many of the people with the time and energy to research for new solutions are not in a position to implement said solutions. Irony!

]]> By: Michael J. Breitner http://jefflail.com/2009/09/29/institutional-barriers-to-technological-innovation/#comment-134 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:07:51 +0000 http://jefflail.com/?p=369#comment-134 I’m not sure there is a lack of innovation, rather a very slow pace of innovation, especially at institutions with a top heavy management structure. That being said, I agree that items #1, #3, and #4 are inhibitors to progress.

I would expand #2 to include not only a lack of knowledge of a problem, but also to include lack of knowledge of better solutions. With the frenetic pace of work at student affairs offices, a problem may be perceived, but the lack of time and energy to research options allows inertia to prevail.

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