Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Lommelen, Tinne
Author-Email: tinne.lommelen@uhasselt.be
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT, University Hasselt
Author-Name: Hertog, Friso den
Author-Email: f.denhertog@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT
Author-Name: Beck, Lien
Author-Email: lien.beck@uhasselt.be
Author-Workplace-Name: University Hasselt
Author-Name: Sluismans, Raf
Author-Email: r.sluismans@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT
Title: Designing plans for organizational development, lessons from three
	 large-scale SME-initiatives
Abstract: This paper reflects upon the way that we balanced design and
	 development in three specific case projects in order to contribute to
	 creating and accumulating knowledge that is both relevant to
	 practitioners and academics. More specifically, it is shown how learning
	 within one project was used to improve the design of the next project. The
	 three projects were set up in the context of government-sponsored social
	 science programs and aimed at improving innovation in SMEs. As the paper
	 shows, looking at these three projects shows the contribution from seeing
	 design and development as two sides of the same coin.
Classification-JEL: D23, D83, M10, O22, O33
Keywords: design-oriented research, organizational development, large-scale projects
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2009
Number: 027
File-URL: http://www.merit.unu.edu/publications/wppdf/2009/wp2009-027.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2009027