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- Explains product management and development using a blend of Innovation Theory, Form follows Function (System Architecture), Market Understanding, Design Thinking, Design to Value, Modularization and Agile approaches
- Provides guidance in turbulent markets, when innovation and disruption are essential
- Includes various step-by step tutorials
Part of the book series: Management for Professionals (MANAGPROF)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Part I
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Front Matter
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Part III
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Front Matter
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Tools
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book is an essential guide or foundational toolkit for anyone who is involved in the process of developing, offering or selling any type of product or service. Based on how to surf on the waves of innovation and the principle of “form follows function” (System Architecture), it introduces and connects concepts like Market Understanding, Design Thinking, Design to Value, Modularization and Agility. It introduces readers to the essence of these main frameworks and provides a toolkit that explains both theoretically and practically when and how to utilize which one. The methods and processes described in this book have all been successfully tested in many industries. They apply in today’s market context of high uncertainty, complexity and turbulence, where innovation and disruption are essential. Readers will find answers to two fundamental questions: How can we implement an innovation process and environment that are conducive to successful product design? And, if our products fail to appeal to customers, how can we achieve a major turn-around with regard to product development?
A wealth of examples and case studies help readers to benefit from the authors’ broad professional experience. Further, lessons learned and conceptual summaries provide valuable shortcuts to the methods and tools discussed.
For today’s CEOs, enabling innovation is one of THE most complex leadership tasks.
But innovation is not about theory and nice buzzwords. It’s about succeeding in the real world. This ‘hands-on’ book connects the dots and introduces the reader to some of the most relevant ideas and pragmatic concepts fitting today’s business reality.
Dr. Robert Neuhauser, Executive VP and Global Head People and
Leadership Development, Siemens
At the most fundamental level this book brings order to chaos. It sets different and highly relevant design approaches into a complementary picture, rather than presenting them as competing ways of solving the same problem. Product designers, managers, consultants, scholars and students will surely have this valuable book within reach on a daily basis.
Olivier L. de Weck, Ph.D – MIT Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and
Engineering Systems, Editor-in-Chief Systems Engineering
Authors and Affiliations
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Corporate Development Consulting, Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
Christoph Fuchs, Franziska J. Golenhofen
About the authors
Franziska J. Golenhofen is currently a consultant in the corporate development consulting department at Siemens. Through her work she integrates insights from diverse fields and perspectives to help spur the development of individuals and companies alike. Also passionate about writing to scale impact and understanding, she builds on previous experiences as assisting research in the renown lab of Dr. E. Dunn at the University of British Columbia, and publishing own research with Oxford University. She previously worked at THNK School of Creative Leadership in Amsterdam. As Program Manager she was responsible for the smooth delivery of the inaugural FIFA Female Leadership Development Programme. She is energized by how innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership can be impactful levers for architecting solution concepts to the systemic and complex societal challenges of today’s world. Graduating in 2015 she holds a honors B.A. from Amsterdam University College, with a strong interdisciplinary focus namely on sustainable development. She sees this book as a medium for making knowledge from leading figures in business accessible, tangible and applicable to the wider public.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mastering Disruption and Innovation in Product Management
Book Subtitle: Connecting the Dots
Authors: Christoph Fuchs, Franziska J. Golenhofen
Series Title: Management for Professionals
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93512-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-93511-9Published: 26 September 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06677-2Published: 26 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-93512-6Published: 07 September 2018
Series ISSN: 2192-8096
Series E-ISSN: 2192-810X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 292
Number of Illustrations: 145 b/w illustrations
Topics: Innovation/Technology Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, Software Management, Knowledge Management