be inspiring: learning from 2nd semester 2013 mmt study at aalborg university

Be inspiring: get inspired from the academic worldMaster of Management in Technology, Aalborg University. Learning from my study at 2. semester

Summer 2013

Carsten Helmuth Pedersen1

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Content Structures and systems within organisations Organisational Learning & Knowledge

Management Systems Radical simplification through design Organisational processes and systems Innovation- and technology management

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Structures

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Structures

Traditional structures Nurse inter-

organisational relations

Designed according to current market needs or to meet internal demand for control and accountability?

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Organisational Learning

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Knowledge Management Systems

Where does competitive advantages come from?

Eternal re-use andmultiplication

Ownership? Tacit and explicit?

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Knowledge and learning

Can an organisation learn?

Individuals can! Where is

organisational learning stored?(answer: in structures, organisation, decision boards…)

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Slide by: Brian Vejrum Wæhrens, CIP, Aalborg University

Radical Simplification

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Radical simplificationthrough design

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Radical Simplification Uprofessionalismen er ligefrem proportional med

antallet af røde streger mellem komponenter og færdige produkter. Fortæller om hvor nemt det er, at facelifte.

Hvor godt er det lykkedes at isolere i funktionelle enheder. 

R&D = relax & delay No unified syntax for the cost of variety (where does

the cost exist – between the departments?) Suitable governance? Architects and development

managers with the last vote? Companies need a general language on these issues

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Complexity cost increase over time Unique solutions = unique problems Lousy methods when starting up development

projects Can you change colour or size easily? We do not know real cost of our products… Scania Trucks: management can introduce or

change components, but interfaces needs to be approved by the Board of Directors

Scania CTO runs a small transport firm in parallel…

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Processes and systems Galbraith (1973):

a new strategy interlink with HRM, organisation, rewarding and processes

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Processes and systems From awareness to action

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Innovation Tidd & Bessant (2009) defines innovation as:

the process of translation new ideas into useful practice and use them, like new products, processes and services.

Generating new ideas is invention.

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Thank you

Carsten Helmuthmette.carsten@gmail.com

Skype: carsten_helmuth

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