设计工程师的作用:来自公司内部知识和协作网络的证据
Jisoo Hur1, Junseok Hwang1, Keungoui Kim2
1Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program, College of Engineering, Integrated Major in Smart City Global Convergence, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
PloS one
|February 23, 2024
概括
设计工程师在新产品开发中将设计与工程联系起来. 工程师推动创新,而设计工程师则加强协作,整合用户需求,优化团队绩效.
科学领域:
- 创新管理 创新管理
- 产品开发 产品开发
- 组织研究 组织研究
背景情况:
- 新产品开发 (NPD) 需要整合设计和工程,但异构的知识库带来了协作挑战.
- 具有双重专业知识的设计工程师对于弥合技术可行性和以用户为中心的设计之间的差距至关重要.
- 了解工程师,设计师和设计工程师的不同角色和贡献对于优化创新流程至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 根据专利数据将发明家分为工程师,设计师和设计工程师.
- 调查这些发明人群之间的知识组合和协作模式的差异.
- 探索设计工程师对跨学科沟通和NPD环境的影响.
主要方法:
- 来自PATSTAT数据库的4665家美国上市公司 (1980-2015) 的专利数据分析.
- 为企业内部的发明者建立社会和知识网络.
- 在发明者类别之间对网络结构和知识连接的比较分析.
主要成果:
- 与工程师相比,设计工程师在社交网络上具有很高的连接性,但知识库是分散的.
- 设计工程师是跨学科沟通和决策的推动者.
- 虽然不是主要的创新驱动力,但设计工程师培养了集成设计技术NPD环境.
结论:
- 公司可以通过组建跨学科团队来优化创新,这些团队可以利用工程师和设计工程师的互补优势.
- 设计工程师在加强协作和在NPD团队中整合多样化的知识方面发挥着关键作用.
- 包括设计工程师在内的战略团队组成是成功以用户为中心的产品开发的关键.
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