<i>Managing the</i> Form, Function, and Fit <i>of</i> DESIGN

Dumas, Angela; Mintzberg, Henry

doi:10.1111/j.1948-7169.1991.tb00573.x

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“…The intellectual activity that produces material artefacts is no different fundamentally from the one that prescribes remedies for a sick patient" (Simon 1969). From this perspective, any manager of a system or a process is a "silent" designer (Dumas and Mintzberg 1991). Here, we consider a narrower definition in which design is the process of devising a system, component or process that does not yet exist to meet the needs of intended users (Ertas and Jones 1996).…”

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Farming system design to feed the changing world. A review

Martin

Martin‐Clouaire

Duru

2012

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

115

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Agricultural production is unstable as a result of complex, dynamic and interrelated factors such as climate, markets and public policy that are beyond farmers' control. Farmers must therefore develop new farming systems incorporating innovations in objectives, organization and practices adapted to changing production contexts. As a consequence, agronomists have expanded the "farming system design" field of research. A variety of quantitative and qualitative design approaches have been developed to support the analysis of current farming systems and the design and evaluation of alternatives. A comprehensive literature assessment is lacking for this emerging field of agricultural science. Here we review 41 farming system design approaches using computer models. Our main findings are the following: (1) the reviewed literature do not make reference to the theoretical approaches from the field of design science. (2) Two categories of farming system approaches can be distinguished: optimisation approaches, and participatory and simulation-based approaches. These two categories are connected to two of the main design science theories. (3) For optimisation approaches, farming system design is mainly seen as a problem-solving process. Emphasis is placed on the computational exploration of the solution space by a problem-solving algorithm. (4) For participatory and simulation-based approaches, conceptualization of the design problem is central to the farming system design process. The subsequent exploration of the solution space relies on the creativity of humans. (5) Optimisation approaches, and participatory and simulationbased approaches are oriented towards the development of exploitative rather than exploratory innovations. Exploitative innovations involve the exploitation of available knowledge while exploration innovations build on knowledge created in the course of the design process.

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Section: What Is Design?mentioning

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Farming system design to feed the changing world. A review

Martin

Martin‐Clouaire

Duru

2012

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

115

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“…The majority of studies from the 1990s suggest that market orientation is related to superior performance, sales growth, and newproduct success (Atuahene-Gima, 1995;Desphande & Farley, 1998;Han, Yun, Kim & Cho, 1998;Slater & Narver, 1994). Some authors also suggest that market orientation is a driver of innovation (Berthon, Hulbert & Pitt, 1999), or research and development activities (Frosch, 1996). However, market orientation consists not only of so-called responsive market orientation led by customers' conscious needs they are able to express, but also of so-called proactive market orientation, where we consider latent, future customer needs, the ones they are not aware of and which are crucial for developing products and services novel to the market (Slater & Narver, 1998;Bodlaj, Coenders, & Žabkar, 2012).…”

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“…In general, design is considered an important element of marketing (Kotler & Rath, 1984;Dumas & Mitzberg, 1991;Blaich & Blaich, 1993). While the role of other functions within marketing is continuously researched and measured, it is obvious that the role of design has been neglected.…”

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Focusing on Customer: Relationships between Design and Market Orientation

Rocco

Korda

2015

IJIED

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Understanding and meeting consumer's needs, wants and desires is of the key importance for success in the market. While market orientation is well researched, the role of design within marketing has been neglected. Therefore the main purpose of this study is to develop the initial conceptual model researching relationships between design and market orientation. The initial conceptual model based on theory is proposed as the starting point for future research. The preliminary qualitative research about the potentials of design orientation from the managers', as well as the designers' perspectives has been executed at this stage of the research. Results show that differences between the two groups of examinees exist, mostly in their perception of design. The proposed design orientation-market orientation model contributes to both marketing and design scholars, as well as marketers, designers, and managers in practice. The results of this study may provide a basis for future research on the topic.

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“…While early contributions from management scholars appeared mostly in specialized outlets (e.g. Dumas and Mintzberg 1989, 1991), more recent work investigating the practices that underlie how products are designed has been published increasingly in journals of more general orientation (e.g. Boland and Collopy 2004; Elsbach 2009; Ewenstein and Whyte 2007, 2009; Hargadon and Sutton 1997; Michlewski 2008; Rindova and Petkova 2007; Stigliani and Ravasi, forthcoming).…”

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Product Design: a Review and Research Agenda for Management Studies

Ravasi

Stigliani

2012

Int J Management Reviews

128

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This is the accepted version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link:http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/4607/ Link to published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j. 1468-2370.2012.00330.x Copyright and reuse: City Research Online aims to make research outputs of City, University of London available to a wider audience. Copyright and Moral Rights remain with the author(s) and/or copyright holders. URLs from City Research Online may be freely distributed and linked to. SUMMARYIn this paper, we review research on product design in the broad domain of business studies.We highlight established and emerging perspectives and lines of inquiry, and organize them around three core areas, corresponding to different stages of the design process (design activities, design choices, design results). We identify and discuss avenues for further research at the intersection of these bodies of research, and we argue that management scholars possess conceptual and methodological tools suited to enrich research on design and to effectively pursue lines of investigation only partially addressed by other communities, such as the construction and deployment of design capabilities, or the organizational and institutional context of design activities.2 IntroductionThe last decade has seen a rising interest in design among scholars in management and organization studies. While early contributions from management scholars mostly appeared on specialized outlets (e.g. Dumas and Mintzberg 1989, 1991), more recent work investigating the practices that underlie how products are designed has been published increasingly on journals of more general orientation (e. Previous reviews on design-related research in the broad domain of business studies (e.g.gBloch 1995; Walsh 1996; Noble and Kumar 2010) have generally focused on past work within specific scholarly communities (e.g. consumer behaviour, technology and innovation).Even a recent attempt to review and reconceptualise research on design restricted its search to marketing journals (Swan and Luchs 2011). In this paper, we provide a more comprehensive portrayal of past research in business studies, by systematically reviewing extant literature on product design in different fields of the business studies, including marketing, innovation, organization studies, and operations and technology, and, by doing so we outline 3 opportunities to enrich our understanding of the phenomenon associated to new avenues for research lying at the intersection of different streams of research.In the first part of the paper, we highlight established and emerging lines of inquiry, and we discuss their theoretical underpinnings and contributions to our overall understanding of the phenomenon. In the second part of the paper, we emphasize potential benefits to be gained by more intense cross-fertilization among perspectives and lines of inquiry. We point to promising avenues for further research, suggest possible research methods, and argue how...

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Managing the Form, Function, and Fit of DESIGN

Cited by 33 publications

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Farming system design to feed the changing world. A review

Farming system design to feed the changing world. A review

Focusing on Customer: Relationships between Design and Market Orientation

Product Design: a Review and Research Agenda for Management Studies

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