...Denise M. Cumberland; Rod P. Githens Purpose – The purpose of this case study was threefold. First, to examine whether a needs assessment can work in the context of an organization’s new product development process to identify the gap between what “is” occurring and what “should” be occurring...

... experience so they start to babble very strangely, about facts, and that's difficult to follow; especially when they try to explain why things don't function, or why it does so and so. Experiential learning Knowledge management Product development Learning processes Telecommunications Sweden...

... projects (Valkenburg and Dorst, 1998 ; Valkenburg, 2000). Ultimately a lack of shared understanding reduces the quality of the final product, because not all problems can be solved in the end. Therefore, effective communication is an elementary component of integrated product development. Bucciarelli...

.... Using the CIMA‐methodology and its computerised questionnaire as an analysis and action research tool, organisational learning in distributed product development projects at a multinational company in the telecom industry has been investigated. Organisational units with different operational focuses...