Goal setting for improvement in product development performance of organizations
Thesis (S.M. in Engineering and Management)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, February 2013.
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| author | Kashyap, Pankaj Kumar |
| author2 | Eric Rebentisch. |
| author_facet | Eric Rebentisch. Kashyap, Pankaj Kumar |
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| description | Thesis (S.M. in Engineering and Management)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, February 2013. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/837922019-04-10T20:19:47Z Goal setting for improvement in product development performance of organizations Kashyap, Pankaj Kumar Eric Rebentisch. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division. Engineering Systems Division. Thesis (S.M. in Engineering and Management)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, February 2013. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. "Sep 2012." Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-109). Companies have been constantly trying for ways and means to improve R&D performance as it is one of the most important competitive advantage tools of an organization. Literature review on R&D performance improvement suggests that, lot of focus is on measuring R&D performance and on specific problem solving approaches like six sigma and lean. Frameworks like capability maturity model integration (CMMI) and product development self-assessment tool (PDSAT) provide holistic performance assessment, but fall short on providing clear guidance for performance improvement interventions. Goal setting theory, a proven theory that is widely applied in individual performance improvement has got limited attention in R&D performance improvement approaches and frameworks. Practitioners in the industry point to the need for goal setting in R&D and identify that as a gap in current performance improvement methodologies. This thesis attempts to fill this gap by proposing DEAL framework, a practical approach for defining future goals in R&D performance improvement efforts. by Pankaj Kumar Kashyap. S.M.in Engineering and Management 2014-01-09T19:55:38Z 2014-01-09T19:55:38Z 2013 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/83792 865171615 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 109 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| title | Goal setting for improvement in product development performance of organizations |
| title_full | Goal setting for improvement in product development performance of organizations |
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| title_short | Goal setting for improvement in product development performance of organizations |
| title_sort | goal setting for improvement in product development performance of organizations |
| topic | Engineering Systems Division. |
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