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Innovation and performance in engineering design

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  • Ammon Salter
  • Richard Torbett

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This paper explores the experiences of engineering, design and construction organizations (EDOs) in developing innovative approaches to performance measurement in their design activities. It contrasts experiences of these firms with those of manufacturing organizations. It finds that performance measurement of engineering design activities is poorly understood in many industries, including construction. The development of new performance measures can provide a new opportunity for innovation in engineering, design and construction firms. At present, the measures used to assess design in construction are based on the financial performance of a project rather than other important objectives of the design process, such as quality and buildability. In manufacturing industries, firms rely on measures of new product development, but these indicators also say little about the measurement of engineering design activities, that is, those on-going and continuous. To realize the innovative potential of design and performance measures, EDOs need to take a broader perspective on the nature of design activities, and to look to the experiences of leading manufacturing firms to find new ways of measuring and understanding their design activities.

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  • Ammon Salter & Richard Torbett, 2003. "Innovation and performance in engineering design," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 21(6), pages 573-580.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:conmgt:v:21:y:2003:i:6:p:573-580
    DOI: 10.1080/0144619032000134101
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    1. Timothy A. Bodisco & Stuart Palmer, 2020. "Presentation and Evaluation of a New Graduate Unit of Study in Engineering Product Development," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(14), pages 1-14, July.
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    3. Craig, Justin B. & Dibrell, Clay & Garrett, Robert, 2014. "Examining relationships among family influence, family culture, flexible planning systems, innovativeness and firm performance," Journal of Family Business Strategy, Elsevier, vol. 5(3), pages 229-238.
    4. Dibrell, Clay & Craig, Justin B. & Neubaum, Donald O., 2014. "Linking the formal strategic planning process, planning flexibility, and innovativeness to firm performance," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 67(9), pages 2000-2007.

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