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Topical Engineering Issues for MBA Dissertation Topic

jamiedgwilson
Hi All, I'm currently studying for an MBA and trying to determine a suitable Dissertation topic. I have some areas within my own organisation that could potentially be used but I wanted to get input from a wider range of engineers to hopefully make any research I do relevant to more people. Clearly it needs to be related to a business topic but I want the link to engineering to be as strong as possible to make it interesting to me. 


I'd love to hear what you all see as the engineering industries current business related challenges or anything you wish you'd have the time to research more on.


Appreciate any inputs. 


Thanks


n.b. For context, I've an MEng in Aero-Mechanical Engineering, Chartered with IMechE, and around 10yrs industry experience across Defence, Nuclear and Automotive industries.
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    Thanks Mike, that indeed is an interesting topic. When I think of special projects, I tend to think of automotive OEMs and their exciting halo cars - probably a dream job for me! My company has something similar, we call it a venture group where the aim is to identify and build upon potential growth areas. The ethos is fail fast. If a project gets above a certain value it is converted into a formal project within a business unit. We are quite a large business with some fairly rigorous processes, this is why the venture group exists - to allow fast pace development. It is often an area of discussion in other parts of the business, especially when there are cuts and the 'golden child' projects are being fed more money. There is a lot of literature on the impact of employee engagement on innovation, I might try to cover an area like this as a sub-topic of my dissertation. Perhaps the impact of organisational efficiency measures on the innovation culture within the business. 


    Thanks for your input.
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    Thanks Mike, that indeed is an interesting topic. When I think of special projects, I tend to think of automotive OEMs and their exciting halo cars - probably a dream job for me! My company has something similar, we call it a venture group where the aim is to identify and build upon potential growth areas. The ethos is fail fast. If a project gets above a certain value it is converted into a formal project within a business unit. We are quite a large business with some fairly rigorous processes, this is why the venture group exists - to allow fast pace development. It is often an area of discussion in other parts of the business, especially when there are cuts and the 'golden child' projects are being fed more money. There is a lot of literature on the impact of employee engagement on innovation, I might try to cover an area like this as a sub-topic of my dissertation. Perhaps the impact of organisational efficiency measures on the innovation culture within the business. 


    Thanks for your input.
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