Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
- Integrating external information into companies by designing the adequate processes and organizational structures in order to transform the companies into Open Organisations, moving away from line to project centred organisations.
- Opening up the R&D process in larger companies. What is the perfect balance between risks and opportunities?
- Understanding and changing the behaviour of employees in product development when companies open their R&D departments.
Developing tools and methodologies to foster Frugal Innovations in emerging markets.
Statement for HDR students
Students should be interested in the interface between Innovation Management and Product Development. The research should focus mainly on how to increase the efficiency of the R&D processes, develop organisational structures, which are superior to the ones competitors use and measures on how to change the employees’ behaviour. HDR students would collaborate with companies, understanding the companies’ challenges, and building models in order to visualise the challenges and design changes to improve the companies’ performance. The supervisor would provide the relevant industry partner; guide students building the models and designing the measures for change.
Topics for PhD projects
1. Company Culture and Open Organization
What are the success factors in the area of company culture to transform closed to open organizations?
2. Changing organisations from line to more project-based entities
What can we learn from analogue systems regarding crisis management in project-based/ open organisations?
3. Further development of Design Thinking
How can the Design Thinking approach be improved by a closer integration of users?
4. Gamification and professional learning in companies
What can we learn from the principles behind video games like Minecraft to improve professional learning in a project-based/ open organisation?
Education/Academic qualification
Business, MBA, Bond Business School
2021 → 2023
Award Date: 5 Oct 2023
Mechanical Engineering, PhD, Technical University of Munich
2014 → 2017
Award Date: 5 Dec 2017
Chemistry, Master of Chemistry
1994 → 1997
Award Date: 5 Dec 1997
Sience, Bachelor of Science, Technical University of Munich
1990 → 1993
Award Date: 1 Nov 1993
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Optimising person-environment fit for inclusive and purpose-built housing: A BIM-LiDAR framework for Australia's disability and aged care ecosystems
Nassor Amar, J. H., Armitage, L. & Lang, A.
12/07/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Lessons from Volunteers: Enhancing Innovation Managers’ Retention
Lang, A. & Wicker, J., 17 Mar 2025, Proceedings of the ISPIM Connects Cape Town Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, March 17-19, 2025. p. 1-14 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Research › peer-review
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How to overcome Anti-Sustainable Behaviour in B2B industries?
Lang, A. & Ferreiro Ailan, F., 2024, Proceedings of the ISPIM Connects Osaka Conference, Osaka, Japan. International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM)Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Research › peer-review
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Drivers and barriers to the utilisation of gamification and game‐based learning in universities: A systematic review of educators' perspectives
Lester, D., Skulmoski, G. J., Fisher, D. P., Mehrotra, V., Lim, I., Lang, A. & Keogh, J. W. L., Nov 2023, In: British Journal of Educational Technology. 54, 6, p. 1748-1770 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › Research › peer-review
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What innovation manager can learn from the honeybee in regard of opening-up the innovation process
Lang, A., 20 Apr 2023, Proceedings of the XXXIV ISPIM Innovation Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia on 04 June to 07 June 2023. ISBN 978‐952‐65069‐3‐7.. p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Research › peer-review
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Knowledge acquisition in product planning of frugal manufacturing systems for emerging markets
Schleinkofer, U., Moz, D., Bauernhansl, T. & Lang, A., 24 Jun 2019, In: Procedia CIRP. 81, p. 246-251 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
- 1 Invited talk
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Gamification Community of Practice Update
Gregory Skulmoski (Speaker), Daniel Walker (Speaker), Iris Lim (Speaker), Alex Lang (Speaker) & Darren Fisher (Speaker)
18 Jun 2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk