Kim Van Oorschot

Dr. Kim van Oorschot is Professor Project Management & System Dynamics in the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour at the BI Norwegian Business School. Her current research focuses on decision-making, trade-offs, and tipping points in dynamically complex settings, like new product development (NPD) projects. Her research projects are aimed at discovering so-called ‘decision traps': decisions that seem to be good on the short term, but have counterproductive effects on the long term. For this purpose she develops system dynamics models based on actual project data. She also teaches system dynamics and project management to executive and master students.

Before working at BI, Kim van Ooschot was an assistant professor at the Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands), in the School of Industrial Engineering. Before that, she was a Post-Doc at Tilburg University at the Information Management department, and a research fellow at INSEAD, France. From 2002 until 2006 (after finishing her PhD project), she was a consultant at Minase Consulting BV, working for large international companies like ASML, DSM, KPN, NXP, and Stork Fokker on projects aimed at improving business processes.

Kim van Oorschot has published in such journals as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Management Studies, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Product Innovation Management, Journal of the Operational Research Society, and International Journal of Operations and Production Management.

Research areas

Project Management; Systems Thinking and System Dynamics; Decision Making & Managing Complexities; Poduct Development & Innovation.

Teaching areas

Project Management; Systems Thinking and System Dynamics.

ACADEMIC DEGREES

• 2001 Eindhoven University of Technology Ph.D.
• 1996 Eindhoven University of Technology Master of Science

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2013 - Present CEDEP Guest lecturer
• 2011 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Associate Professor
• 2011 - 2013 INSEAD Guest lecturer
• 2008 - 2011 Eindhoven University of Technology Assistant Professor
• 2007 - 2008 University of Tilburg Post-Doc
• 2006 - 2007 INSEAD Research Fellow
• 2002 - 2006 Minase Consulting BV Consultant
• 2001 - 2002 Eindhoven University of Technology Post-Doc

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Walrave, Bob; dolmans, sharon; van Oorschot, Kim; van hellemond, stefan. 

Concurrent plan-driven versus sequential agile development - Keeping up appearances in embedded systems development. International Product Development Management Conference; 2016-06-12 - 2016-06-14 BI

Karlsen, Jan Terje; Solli-Sæther, Hans; van Oorschot, Kim. 

The role of uncertainty on boundary spanning activities in offshore IS projects. International Research Network on Organizing by Projects (IRNOP); 2015-06-22 - 2015-06-24 BI

van Oorschot, Kim; Eling, Katrin; Langerak, Fred. 

Hindsight is easier than foresight: The advantages of 'hybrid' gate timing. International Product Development Management Conference; 2015-06-14 - 2015-06-16 BI

van Oorschot, Kim; Dille, Therese; Söderlund, Jonas. 

Hamburgers & Broccoli - the averaging bias in project management. Academy of Management Conference; 2014-08-01 - 2014-08-05 BI

van Oorschot, Kim; Solli-Sæther, Hans; Karlsen, Jan Terje. 

Sharing knowledge or not? Innovation and imitation in shipbuilding projects in China. Academy of Management Conference; 2014-08-01 - 2014-08-05 BI

Walrave, Bob; van Oorschot, Kim; Romme, Sjoerd. 

Counteracting the suppression process. International Conference of the System Dynamics Society; 2014-07-20 - 2014-07-24 BI

Pieters, Angele; van Oorschot, Kim; Akkermans, Henk; Brailsford, Sally. 

Care and cure: combine or collaborate? Evaluating interorganizational designs in healthcare. Academy of Management Conference; 2013-08-09 - 2013-08-13 BI

Solli-Sæther, Hans; Karlsen, Jan Terje; van Oorschot, Kim. 

Knowledge sharing in innovative shipbuilding projects: An international case study of a triad. 11th edition of IRNOP (International Research Network on Organizing by Projects); 2013-06-16 - 2013-06-19 BI

Solli-Sæther, Hans; Vaagaasar, Anne Live; van Oorschot, Kim; Karlsen, Jan Terje. 

The organizing of offshoring projects: Copying with control mechanisms and trust. 11th edition of IRNOP (International Research Network on Organizing by Projects); 2013-06-16 - 2013-06-19 BI

Solli-Sæther, Hans; van Oorschot, Kim; Karlsen, Jan Terje. 

When Entry Strategy Becomes Exit Strategy: Knowledge Transfer in Innovative Shipbuilding Projects in China. SMS Special Conference Lake Geneva; 2013-03-20 - 2013-03-23 BI

van Oorschot, Kim; Sengupta, Kishore; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.; Akkermans, Henk. 

Bad news & Good vibes: rational & emotional information in complex new product development projects. Academy of Management Conference; 2013-08-09 - 2013-08-13 BI

van Oorschot, Kim; Solli-Sæther, Hans; Karlsen, Jan Terje. 

When enter strategy becomes exit strategy: Knowledge transfer in innovative shipbuilding projects in China. 11th edition of IRNOP (International Research Network on Organizing by Projects); 2013-06-16 - 2013-06-19 BI

Walrave, Bob; van Oorschot, Kim; Romme, Sjoerd. 

Fighting the bear and riding the bull. Academy of Management Conference; 2013-08-09 - 2013-08-13 BI

Akkermans, Henk; van Oorschot, Kim. 

Pilot error? Managerial decision biases against concurrency as explanation for delays in new aircraft development programmes. 3rd International Air Transport and Operations Symposium; 2012-06-18 - 2012-06-20 BI

Pieters, Angele; van Oorschot, Kim; Akkermans, Henk. 

Care & cure combined: Using simulation to develop organization design theory for health care processes. The 30th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society; 2012-07-22 - 2012-07-26 BI

Smets, Lydie; van Oorschot, Kim; Langerak, Fred. 

Don’t trust trust – A dynamic approach to controlling outsourced engineering. 19th International Product Development Management Conference; 2012-06-17 - 2012-06-19 BI

Smets, Lydie; van Oorschot, Kim; Langerak, Fred. 

Don’t trust trust – A dynamic approach to controlling outsourced engineering. 19th International Product Development Management Conference; 2012-06-17 - 2012-06-19 BI

van Oorschot, Kim. 

Hamburgers & Broccoli. BI Alumni Dag; 2012-11-16 - 2012-11-16 BI

van Oorschot, Kim. 

Planning for creativity. Prosjekt 2012; 2012-10-09 - 2012-10-10 BI

van Oorschot, Kim; Akkermans, Henk. 

Pilot Error? Managerial decision biases against concurrency as explanation for delays in new aircraft development programmes. The 30th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society; 2012-07-22 - 2012-07-26 BI

van Oorschot, Kim; Sengupta, Kishore; Akkermans, Henk; Wassenhove, Luk N. van. 

Bad news & good vibes - rational and emotional decision making in complex new product development projects. 2nd Tilburg Conference on Innovation; 2012-06-15 - 2012-06-17 BI

Smets, Lydie; van Oorschot, Kim; Langerak, Fred. 

Things Get Worse Before Getting Better: Outsourcing NPD Activities. 18th International Product Development Management Conference; 2011-06-05 - 2011-06-07 BI

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

van Oorschot, Kim; Eling, Katrin; Langerak, Fred. 

Measuring the Knowns to Manage the Unknown: How to Choose the Gate Timing Strategy in NPD Projects. The Journal of product innovation management 2017 BI

van Oorschot, Kim; Solli-Sæther, Hans; Karlsen, Jan Terje. 

The knowledge protection paradox: imitation and innovation through knowledge sharing. International Journal of Technology Management 2017 BI NTNU

Walrave, Bob; Romme, A. Georges L.; van Oorschot, Kim; Langerak, Fred. 

Managerial attention to exploitation versus exploration: toward a dynamic perspective on ambidexterity. Industrial and Corporate Change 2017 BI

Akkermans, Henk; van Oorschot, Kim. 

Pilot Error? Managerial Decision Biases as Explanation for Disruptions in Aircraft Development. Project Management Journal 2016 ;Volume 47.(2) p. 79-102 BI

van Oorschot, Kim; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.; Sengupta, Kishore; Akkermans, Henk. 

Have we lost the ability to listen to bad news?. The European Business Review 2016 (nov-dec) p. 7-11 BI

Solli-Sæther, Hans; Karlsen, Jan Terje; van Oorschot, Kim. 

Strategic and cultural misalignment: Knowledge sharing barriers in project networks. Project Management Journal 2015 ;Volume 46.(3) p. 49-60 BI NTNU

Walrave, Bob; van Oorschot, Kim; Romme, Sjoerd. 

How to counteract the suppression of exploration in publicly traded corporations. R &D Management 2015 ;Volume 45.(5) p. 458-473 BI

Abdel-Hamid, Tarek; Ankel, Felix; Battle-Fisher, Michele; Gibson, Bryan; Gonzalez-Parra, Gilberto; Jalali, Mohammed; Kapainen, Kirsikka; Kalupahana, Nishan; Karanfil, Ozge; Marathe, Achla; Martinson, Brian; McKelvey, Karma; Nath Sarbadhikari, Suptendra; Pinauro, Stephen; Poucheret, Patrick; Pronk, Nicolaas; Qian, Ying; Sazonov, Edward; van Oorschot, Kim; Venkitasubramanian, Akshay; Murphy, Philip. 

Public and health professionals' misconceptions about the dynamics of body weight gain/loss. System Dynamics Review 2014 ;Volume 30.(1-2) p. 58-74 BI

Smets, Lydie; van Oorschot, Kim; Langerak, Fred. 

Don't Trust Trust: A Dynamic Approach to Controlling Supplier Involvement in New Product Development. The Journal of product innovation management 2013 ;Volume 30.(6) p. 1145-1158 BI

van Burg, Elco; van Oorschot, Kim. 

Cooperating to commercialize technology: A dynamic model of fairness, experience, and cooperation. Production and operations management 2013 ;Volume 22.(6) p. 1336-1355 BI

van Oorschot, Kim; Akkermans, Henk; Sengupta, Kishore; Van Wassenhove, Luk N.. 

Anatomy of a Decision Trap in Complex New Product Development Projects. Academy of Management Journal 2013 ;Volume 56.(1) p. 285-307 BI

van Oorschot, Kim; Langerak, F.; Sengupta, Kishore. 

Escalation, De-escalation, or Reformulation: Effective Interventions in Delayed NPD Projects. The Journal of product innovation management 2011 ;Volume 28.(6) p. 848-867 BI

MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS

Karlsen, Jan Terje; Solli-Sæther, Hans; van Oorschot, Kim; Vaagaasar, Anne Live. 

Kan du stole på din utenlandske leverandør?. BI Leadership Magazine 2015 p. 26-27 BI

van Oorschot, Kim; Solli-Sæther, Hans; Karlsen, Jan Terje. 

Lurt å dele kunnskap?. BI Leadership Magazine 2014 p. 14-15 BI

van Oorschot, Kim; Solli-Sæther, Hans; Karlsen, Jan Terje. 

Lurt å dele kunnskap?. Sunnmørsposten 2014 p. 18-19 BI

van Oorschot, Kim. 

Fairness determines entrepreneurial success. BI Advantage 2013 (10) p. 9-9 BI

van Oorschot, Kim. 

Rettferdighet avgjør gründersuksess. BI Magasinet 2013 (1) p. 7-7 BI

van Oorschot, Kim. 

The Boiled Frog Syndrome in Project Management. BI Leadership Magazine 2013 p. 22|-23 BI

van Oorschot, Kim; Dille, Therese. 

Hamburgers & Broccoli - How do project managers evaluate combinations of healthy and unhealthy subprojects that belon to one larger project?. BI Leadership Magazine 2012 p. 24-25 BI

van Oorschot, Kim. 

Survival of the fattest. BI Leadership Magazine 2011 ;Volume 1.(1) p. 22-23 BI

CHAPTERS

van Oorschot, Kim. 

Shared Space for Organizations: Enablers for Innovative Projects. I: Cambridge Handbook of Organizational Project Management. Cambridge University Press 2017 ISBN 978-1-107-15772-9. BI

van Oorschot, Kim. 

Causal loop diagramming. I: Foresight in Organizations - Methods and Tools. Routledge 2016 ISBN 978-1-138-84491-9. p. 215-222 BI

van Oorschot, Kim. 

System dynamics for project management research. I: Novel Approaches to Organizational Project Management Research: Translational and Transformational. Copenhagen Business School Press 2013 ISBN 978-87-630-0249-3. p. 220-236 BI

van Oorschot, Kim. 

Causale diagrammen. I: Toekomstonderzoek voor organisaties - Handboek methoden en technieken. Assen: Koninklijke Van Gorkum BV 2012 ISBN 9789023248378. p. 265-271 BI

Akkermans, Henk; van Oorschot, Kim; Peeters, Winfried. 

Three is a crowd? On the benefits of involving contract manufacturers in collaborative planning for three-echelon supply networks. I: Supply chain coordination under uncertainty. Springer 2011 ISBN 978-3-642-19256-2. p. 563-598 BI

POPULAR SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

van Oorschot, Kim. 

How do you make sense of bad news and good vibes?. BI Leadership Magazine 2016 p. 26-27 BI

Karlsen, Jan Terje; Solli-Sæther, Hans; Solli-Sæther, Hans; van Oorschot, Kim; Vaagaasar, Anne Live. 

Kan du stole på din utenlandske leverandør?. BI Business Review 2015 BI NTNU

van Oorschot, Kim. 

Pilot error in management decisions. BI Leadership Magazine 2015 BI

Solli-Sæther, Hans; Karlsen, Jan Terje; Vaagaasar, Anne Live; van Oorschot, Kim. 

Offshoring i partnerskap. Prosjektledelse 2013 (4) p. 8-14 BI