1 / 4

Proposed topics for Master theses in management control and innovation (spring term 2014) Supervisor: Andrea Fried

Proposed topics for Master theses in management control and innovation (spring term 2014) Supervisor: Andrea Fried. Proposed topics for Master theses - spring term 2014 . 1. Specialist career programs for R&D personnel in knowledge -intensive organizations.

hume
Download Presentation

Proposed topics for Master theses in management control and innovation (spring term 2014) Supervisor: Andrea Fried

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Proposedtopicsfor Master thesesin managementcontrolandinnovation(spring term2014) Supervisor: Andrea Fried

  2. Proposedtopicsfor Master theses - spring term2014 1. Specialistcareerprogramsfor R&D personnel in knowledge-intensive organizations • R&D specialistcareerprogramsasincentivesystemsandenablersoftechnicalinnovation • Diffusionofspecialistcareerprograms in Sweden/ in theworld • Comparisonofspecialistcareersprograms: documentanalysis (aims/ motivationforsettingupandimplementation) and qualitative interviews(realization) • Aim: Development ofevaluationcriteriaforspecialistcareers: contributiontothe innovative capacity/ forenablingtechnicalinnovationoforganizationsandothercriteria andrea.fried@liu.se

  3. Proposedtopicsfor Master theses - spring term2014 2. Power in organizations and its consequences for the implementation of performance measurement systems (PMS) • Analysis of how power/ resistance/ supportwill be generated by management and employees during the enrollment of a specific PMS • Taking into account a constantly changing environment: alterations in participating actors, their interests, PMS alternatives etc. • Theoreticalbasis: e.g. Actor Network Theory • Potential empiricalexamples: BalancedScorecard, CapabilityMaturity Model Integrated (CMMI), Six Sigma orsimilar • Eithersecondaryanalysisofexisting qualitative dataorsurveyofownprimarydataasbasisfor a casestudy Castells, M., 2011. A Network Theory of Power. International Journal of Communication5(2011), 773-787. Karstens, L. 2006. Management concepts: theirtransferandimplementation. Critical perspectives on international business2(3), 195 – 207. Latour, B., 2005. Reassembling the social: an introduction to Actor-Network-Theory. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. andrea.fried@liu.se

  4. Proposedtopicsfor Master theses - spring term2014 3. Open innovationandmanagementcontrolsystems • How influential are management control systems in open innovation processes? • What is the intention to use control systems in open innovation processes? • What are hindrances and chances ? andrea.fried@liu.se

More Related