Problem Solving in Organizations - A Methodological Handbook for Business and Management Students

An indispensable guide enabling business and management students to develop their professional competences in real organizational settings.

Sommario

Part I. Introduction: 1. Scope and nature of this handbook; 2. Types of student projects; 3. Problem-solving projects; Part II. The Problem-Solving Project: 4. Intake and problem definition; 5. Theory-informed diagnosis of business problems; 6. Solution design; 7. Change plan design and the change process; 8. Evaluation, learning and project termination; Part III. Methods: 9. Qualitative research methods; 10. Searching and using scholarly literature; 11. Quality criteria for research; Part IV. Designs, Designing and Design Science Research: 12. Designs and designing; 13. Design science research: developing generic solutions for field problems; Part V. Cases: 14. Cases.

Info autore

Joan Ernst van Aken worked for many years in practice as a management consultant and as a manager of management consultants before joining Eindhoven University of Technology as a Professor of Organization Science in 1990.Hans Berend is Professor of Innovation and Organization at the Knowledge, Information and Innovation (KIN) Research Group, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam.

Riassunto

An indispensable guide enabling business and management students to develop their professional competences in real organizational settings, this new and fully updated edition of Problem Solving in Organizations equips the reader with the necessary toolkit to apply the theory to practical business problems.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Joan Ernst van Aken, AKEN JOAN VAN, Hans (Vrije Universiteit Berend, Hans Berends, Hans (Vrije Universiteit Berends, Berends Hans, Joan (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven van Aken, Joan Ernst van Aken, Joan Ernst (Technische Universiteit Eind Van Aken, Joan Ernst (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven van Aken, Joan Ernst Berends Van Aken
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781108416269
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41626-9
• Pagine: 286
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Altro; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia applicata; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, Business studies: general