Systems Engineering (SE) is an engineering method that has rarely been applied in Automotive Product Development, despite its noticeable positive effects in other engineering fields. With increasing interests, firms and scholars have started to discover its impact in the segment, however...

To achieve competitive performance in engineering manufacturing may require design of a umber of organisational elements. The systems approach is essential because engineering manufacturing is an integrated set of subsystems. The characteristics of an organisation that are relevant to systems...

Reflects how relatively little has been written about the “working note” as a tool of consultants involved in organizational change. Shows how such notes are used to feed back preliminary findings and working hypotheses as a basis for dialogue with and within the client system. Grounds their...

Provides theoretical background for examining the development of self‐managed work teams as a total quality management (TQM) intervention at the employee level. Briefly summarizes the current knowledge regarding self‐managed work teams within the context of sociotechnical system design....

Evidence has emerged from an analysis of two organizational case studies to suggest that a relatively discrete and processual view of management development may be contributing to the “failure” of development strategies and activities to meet organizational expectations during a time of...

In today’s business environment it is widely accepted that innovation is key to improving theeconomic performance of companies (Van der Panna et al. 2003) and for achieving andsustaining a competitive advantage in the market place.Based on the definition of radical innovation, a radical...