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Decision-Making in Decentralized Innovation Departments in the FEI: A Case Study on the Roles of the Middle Management

Vandewalle, Aurélie LU and van Setten, Hanna LU (2018) ENTN39 20181
Department of Business Administration
Abstract
By exploring a case study of a Swedish media company, this thesis examines the roles of the middle management in influencing the decision-making of the top management and employees in decentralized innovation departments. For the top management’s decision-making, it was found that the middle manager performs an informing role, an inspiring role and a championing role, which are manifest on either the overall department level or on the project-specific level. The employee’s decision-making was affected throughout different project phases, where the middle manager sets the focus, brings new insights, and has supporting, sparring, clarifying, and advising roles.
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author
Vandewalle, Aurélie LU and van Setten, Hanna LU
supervisor
organization
course
ENTN39 20181
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Front End Innovation, decentralization, decision-making, brokerage, top management, middle management, employees
language
English
id
8945759
date added to LUP
2018-06-27 15:14:42
date last changed
2018-06-27 15:14:42
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  abstract     = {{By exploring a case study of a Swedish media company, this thesis examines the roles of the middle management in influencing the decision-making of the top management and employees in decentralized innovation departments. For the top management’s decision-making, it was found that the middle manager performs an informing role, an inspiring role and a championing role, which are manifest on either the overall department level or on the project-specific level. The employee’s decision-making was affected throughout different project phases, where the middle manager sets the focus, brings new insights, and has supporting, sparring, clarifying, and advising roles.}},
  author       = {{Vandewalle, Aurélie and van Setten, Hanna}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Decision-Making in Decentralized Innovation Departments in the FEI: A Case Study on the Roles of the Middle Management}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}