Beschreibung:
Joan Ernst van Aken is Professor Emeritus of Organization Science at the School of Industrial Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. Hans Berends is Assistant Professor at the Department of Innovation, Technology, Entrepreneurship and Marketing in the School of Industrial Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands. Hans van der Bij is Associate Professor at the Department of Innovation Management and Strategy in the Faculty of Economics and Business, Groningen University, The Netherlands.
An indispensable guide to the design and execution of business improvement projects in real organizational settings.
List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Part I. Fundamentals: 1. Scope and nature of this handbook; 2. Student projects; 3. Problem-solving projects; 4. Generic design theory; 5. Using problem-solving projects to develop generic theory; Part II. The Problem-solving Project: 6. Intake and orientation; 7. Theory-informed diagnosis of business problems; 8. Solution design; 9. Change plan design and the actual change process; 10. Evaluation, learning and termination; Part III. On Methods: 11. Qualitative research methods; 12. Searching and using scholarly literature; 13. Quality criteria for research; Part IV. Case Material: 14. Cases; References.
A guide to the design and execution of business improvement projects in real organisational settings.