Albert A. Angehrn

Research Projects

Research Projects

download 2008 presentation of Professor Angehrn's INSEAD research projects

2009 Serious Games & Web 2.0 portfolio

FAQs

What are the research areas of the current set of research projects of the professor, within the framework of Serious Games & Web 2.0?

Organizational Change and Transformation
- Analysis of best/worst practices in international organizations
- Cultural and emotional factors in change processes
- Design and assessment of advanced learning technologies and simulations
Collaboration Dynamics in Distributed Teams and Organizational Contexts
- Analysis of best/worst practices in cross-cultural and other complex collaboration contexts
- Design and assessment of advanced learning technologies and simulations
Innovation
- Analysis of innovation processes in organizational, inter-organizational and community contexts (open innovation) in domains as New Product
  Development
- Design and assessment of innovation systems and supporting technologies

What other specific research topics are being explored today by Professor Angehrn and his team of researchers?

Teams and large Group Decision-Making and consensus reaching (including predictive market research)

Social Networks Analysis and Visualization/Navigation Tools

Knowledge Exchange Dynamics in Learning Networks

Diffusion Dynamics and Market Studies related to innovative approaches to Management and Organizational Learning

Distributed approaches to Competence Development

Attention Management

Identity-related issues in the Information Society

Crisis Management (a new EC project is soon to begin, entitled "L4S - Learning for Security")

Design and impact of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies)

Any form of Game Dynamics to support Management and Organizational Learning (several projects)

Does the professor have external sponsors for his projects?

Yes.

European Commission research funds
European Space Agency

And the project partners?

Project partners have included:

IKEA from Sweden
American companies such as IBM and HP
Pfizer, SAP and BMW from Germany
the FIAT Group and Unicredit from Italy
France's Eutelsat
the Scottish Government
the Danish Finance Ministry
and the Swedish Trade Council

Anything new in terms of corporate sponsorships for these projects?

Professor Angehrn and his team of researchers are also now proposing Inter-Organizational Learning and Collaboration 2.0 corporate research partnerships

R&D Projects

ChangeMasters Middle East

Project output 2009 : the GulfCom Simulation

ChangeMasters Middle East Project flyer

relevant excerpt from the INSEAD Abu Dhabi Centre Activity Report (Feb – Sep 2008)

Two workshops on the INSEAD Abu Dhabi campus in 2008: INSEAD Global Events Calendar announcement (November 17, 2008) and theINSEAD Centre in Abu Dhabi conference announcement (August 24, 2008)

conference presentation in Fez, Morocco (October 26-30, 2008)

FAQs

ChangeMasters Middle East

What was it and what did it set out to achieve?

ChangeMasters Middle East was an INSEAD R&D project directed by Professor Albert Angehrn. Its goal was to adapt the now well-established EIS simulation to the specifics of the Middle East context.

Output is now: the GulfCom simulation.

Who was the INSEAD researcher on this project?

The INSEAD researcher on this project was Dr. Florian Schloderer, an INSEAD Research Fellow working out of the INSEAD Abu Dhabi Centre.

Is it an INSEAD Fontainebleau or Abu Dhabi Centre project?

It's both. See the short description of ChangeMasters Middle East on the research page of the Centre for Executive Education and Research in Abu Dhabi.

What is the formal R&D project abstract? And the title and keywords?

Title

"Developing a Simulation-based Learning Experience for Change and Innovation Management Competences in Middle Eastern Organizations"

Abstract

For organizations in the Middle East it has become increasingly important to successfully face the challenges of change and innovation management. However, to date, no learning solution exists for the systematic development of critical management competencies for change and innovation. Our present research proposal thus proposes to develop a simulation-based learning experience targeting key change and innovation competences within a Middle Eastern organizational context, especially addressing the United Arab Emirates and other member countries of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (CCASG). This simulation is intended to target management courses in business schools starting of course with our INSEAD programs in Abu Dhabi and Fontainebleau, and Singapore, then progressively extending the simulation to other educational institutions as well as organizations in the Middle East facing the challenges of change and innovation management. In sum, we are proposing a unique learning solution that may serve to enhance the attractiveness of INSEAD and its educational offering, and at the same time contribute to the professionalization of management development in the region.

Keywords

Change Management, Innovation, Simulation Games, Middle East

What is the specific work plan of the ChangeMasters Middle East project?

ChangeMasters Middle East is, in fact, a two-phase project, with three distinct work packages:

Phase 1:

The project begins with knowledge harvesting related to change and innovation management in Middle East organizations (work package 1);

Phase 2:

The phase 2 of the project consists of the simulation design (work package 2) and the prototyping cycle (work package 3).

How long will the project last?

End date was April 2009. -- Now successfully completed.

Is the new GulfCom simulation to be in Arabic also?

For the moment plans are only to have it in English.

In what courses will it be proposed at INSEAD?

The forthcoming ChangeMasters Middle East simulation will indeed serve to enrich our INSEAD curriculum and particularly, the INSEAD Executive Education offering.

What's been done so far in terms of workshops, and what's being planned?

One workshop has taken place already in August 2008 on the INSEAD Abu Dhabi campus, and another workshop is now in the planning stage.

Are there specific research links to be cited?

Yes.

There is all of the research that went into the INSEAD/CALT/EC project of the same name: ChangeMasters.
There is also the EIS simulation on which the upcoming simulation will be based.
And finally, there is the first example of a completed and now largely deployed cultural adaptation and translation, that is: the LingHe simulation, adapted to the Chinese context.

EC Projects