Trade-off between Formal and Informal Management Controls: Investigating the Effects on New Product Development Teams' Behaviour and Performance
Type
fundamental research project
Start Date
January 1, 2014
End Date
December 31, 2014
Status
completed
Keywords
New product development projects
management controls
new product development teams
behavioural outcome
Description
The aim of this research project is to examine the potential trade-off between formal and informal management controls, and the joint impact that control combinations have on outcomes related to new product development (NPD) teams. Based on an organisational control perspective, we argue that NPD projects' strategic priorities have a vital influence on the selection of formal and informal management controls. Management controls, in turn, are assumed to effect NPD teams' behavioural outcome as well as their performance. Findings on this context can help to reveal which management controls are most appropriate regarding the NPD projects' strategic priorities. Furthermore, synergies between different controls are assumed to make others redundant, and therefore represent a trade-off. This knowledge can save time and money spent on the implementation of controls that may not be necessary in the respective NPD project.
Leader contributor(s)
Partner(s)
Prof. Dr. Frank Verbeeten (Amsterdam Business School, University of Utrecht)
Funder
Topic(s)
Effective selection of management controls in new product development projects
guiding and supporting new product development teams
Method(s)
Survey
structural equation modelling
Range
HSG Internal
Range (De)
HSG Intern
Eprints ID
232651