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Proposed topics for Master theses in management control and innovation (spring term 2014) Supervisor: Andrea Fried
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1. Specialist career programs for R&D personnel in knowledge-intensive organizations R&D specialist career programs as incentive systems and enablers of technical innovation Diffusion of specialist career programs in Sweden/ in the world Comparison of specialist careers programs: document analysis (aims/ motivation for setting up and implementation) and qualitative interviews (realization) Aim: Development of evaluation criteria for specialist careers: contribution to the innovative capacity/ for enabling technical innovation of organizations and other criteria andrea.fried@liu.se Proposed topics for Master theses - spring term 2014
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2. Power in organizations and its consequences for the implementation of performance measurement systems (PMS) Analysis of how power/ resistance/ support will 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. Theoretical basis: e.g. Actor Network Theory Potential empirical examples: Balanced Scorecard, Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI), Six Sigma or similar Either secondary analysis of existing qualitative data or survey of own primary data as basis for a case study andrea.fried@liu.se Castells, M., 2011. A Network Theory of Power. International Journal of Communication 5(2011), 773-787. Karstens, L. 2006. Management concepts: their transfer and implementation. Critical perspectives on international business 2(3), 195 – 207. Latour, B., 2005. Reassembling the social: an introduction to Actor-Network-Theory. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. Proposed topics for Master theses - spring term 2014
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3. Open innovation and management control systems andrea.fried@liu.se 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 ? Proposed topics for Master theses - spring term 2014
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