[ Evaluation du processus d’innovation dans les projets du génie mécanique ]
Volume 23, Issue 4, July 2018, Pages 647–660
Imane ZERGOUT1, Souad AJANA2, Zineb AIT HADDOUCHANE3, and Soumia BAKKALI4
1 Département Génie Mécanique, Université Hassan II / ENSEM, Casablanca, Morocco
2 Département Génie Mécanique, Université Hassan II / ENSEM, Casablanca, Morocco
3 Département Génie Mécanique, Université Hassan II / ENSEM, Casablanca, Morocco
4 Département Génie Electrique, Université Hassan II / ENSEM, Casablanca, Morocco
Original language: French
Copyright © 2018 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Innovation is considered as a parameter which reflect the level of development in emerging countries that have oriented their economies towards knowledge and innovation. Indeed, the international indexes used to classify countries according to the level of innovation are based on several technological, scientific and socio-economic elements. At the national level, it is important to measure innovation in all technical and scientific activities, particularly in engineering, whose main function is to propose creative and innovative solutions to complex technical situations. This importance consists in determining the level of performance in this field to be able to develop and stand out from competitors. This article is in line with this perspective, its objective is to evaluate innovation in mechanical engineering projects and to identify the parameters which characterize their implementation process. This work is a quantitative study based on an assessment grid composed of criteria defined from the literature review. This system is applied within the framework of an empirical study conducted on a sample of mechanical engineering projects carried out within companies belonging to different sectors in collaboration with a Moroccan engineering school. The results of this study are analysed statistically in order to verify whether mechanical engineering projects are innovative and follow a standard innovation process, and to determine the parameters that influence this process.
Author Keywords: Innovation, creativity, quantitative study, training, engineers, mechanics, Morocco.
Volume 23, Issue 4, July 2018, Pages 647–660
Imane ZERGOUT1, Souad AJANA2, Zineb AIT HADDOUCHANE3, and Soumia BAKKALI4
1 Département Génie Mécanique, Université Hassan II / ENSEM, Casablanca, Morocco
2 Département Génie Mécanique, Université Hassan II / ENSEM, Casablanca, Morocco
3 Département Génie Mécanique, Université Hassan II / ENSEM, Casablanca, Morocco
4 Département Génie Electrique, Université Hassan II / ENSEM, Casablanca, Morocco
Original language: French
Copyright © 2018 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Innovation is considered as a parameter which reflect the level of development in emerging countries that have oriented their economies towards knowledge and innovation. Indeed, the international indexes used to classify countries according to the level of innovation are based on several technological, scientific and socio-economic elements. At the national level, it is important to measure innovation in all technical and scientific activities, particularly in engineering, whose main function is to propose creative and innovative solutions to complex technical situations. This importance consists in determining the level of performance in this field to be able to develop and stand out from competitors. This article is in line with this perspective, its objective is to evaluate innovation in mechanical engineering projects and to identify the parameters which characterize their implementation process. This work is a quantitative study based on an assessment grid composed of criteria defined from the literature review. This system is applied within the framework of an empirical study conducted on a sample of mechanical engineering projects carried out within companies belonging to different sectors in collaboration with a Moroccan engineering school. The results of this study are analysed statistically in order to verify whether mechanical engineering projects are innovative and follow a standard innovation process, and to determine the parameters that influence this process.
Author Keywords: Innovation, creativity, quantitative study, training, engineers, mechanics, Morocco.
Abstract: (french)
L’innovation est considérée comme un paramètre reflétant le niveau de développement des pays émergents qui ont orienté leur économie vers la connaissance et l’innovation. En effet, les indices internationaux permettant de classer les pays selon le niveau d’innovation prennent en considérations plusieurs éléments technologiques, scientifiques, et socio-économiques. A l’échelle nationale, il est important de mesurer l’innovation dans toute activité technique et scientifique, notamment dans l’ingénierie dont la fonction principale est la proposition de solutions créatives et innovantes pour résoudre des situations techniques complexes. Cette importance réside dans la détermination du niveau de performance dans ce domaine pour pouvoir se développer et se différencier par rapport aux concurrents. Le présent article s’inscrit dans cette perspective, et il a pour objectif l’évaluation de l’innovation dans des projets appartenant à l’ingénierie mécanique et l’identification des paramètres caractérisant leur processus de réalisation. Ce travail est élaboré sous la forme d’une étude quantitative qui se base sur une grille d’évaluation contenant des critères issus de la littérature. Ce dispositif est appliqué dans le cadre d’une étude empirique menée sur un échantillon de projets du génie mécanique réalisés au sein d’entreprises appartenant à différents secteurs en collaboration avec une école d’ingénieur marocaine. Les résultats de cette étude sont analysés statistiquement dans le but de vérifier si les projets d’ingénierie mécanique sont innovants et suivent un processus d’innovation standard, et déterminer les paramètres qui influencent ce processus.
Author Keywords: Innovation, créativité, étude quantitative, formation, ingénieurs, mécanique, Maroc.
How to Cite this Article
Imane ZERGOUT, Souad AJANA, Zineb AIT HADDOUCHANE, and Soumia BAKKALI, “Assessing the innovation process in mechanical engineering projects,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 647–660, July 2018.
