Developing organisational design capability in a Finland-based engineering corporation: the case of Metso

This article focuses on the emergence and development of organisational design capability in an analysis of the historical development of design activity in a Finland-based engineering corporation between 1975 and 2004. By identifying transformational periods, critical events and developmental actions in the evolution of design, the analysis suggests that expert-centred, tool-centred, strategy-centred, and process-centred approaches to developing design are not optional methods but rather phases in the broader capability development process, which bases on the transforming object of the business activity.