Introduction

Building New Capabilities in an Organization

Conference Paper (2017)
Author(s)

C.S.H. de Lille (TU Delft - OLD Management and Organisation)

Rebecca Price (TU Delft - Responsible Marketing and Consumer Behavior)

Cara Wrigley (University of Sydney)

Kees Dorst (University of Technology Sydney)

Research Group
OLD Management and Organisation
Copyright
© 2017 C.S.H. de Lille, R.A. Price, Cara Wrigley, Kees Dorst
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Publication Year
2017
Language
English
Copyright
© 2017 C.S.H. de Lille, R.A. Price, Cara Wrigley, Kees Dorst
Research Group
OLD Management and Organisation
Pages (from-to)
1287-1290
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Abstract

There is an increasing need for organizations to adapt to rapid changes in society. This need requires organizations’ and the leader within them, to explore, recognize, build and exploit new capabilities. Researching such capabilities has drawn attention from the design management research community in recent years. Dominantly, research contributions have focused on perspectives of innovation and the strategic application of design with the researcher distanced from context. Descriptive and evaluative case studies of past organizational leadership have been vital, by building momentum for the design movement. However, there is a need now to progress toward prescriptive and explorative research perspectives that embrace context through practice and the simultaneous research of design. Therefore, the aim of this track is to lead and progress discussion on research methodologies that support the research community in developing explorative and prescriptive research methodologies for context-orientated organizational research. This track brings together a group of diverse international researchers and practitioners to fuel discussion on design approaches and subsequent outcomes of prescriptive and explorative research methodologies.