@phdthesis{Schmid, type = {Bachelor Thesis}, author = {Luisa Schmid}, title = {An exploratory study: The development and design of a Dual Career Ladder in a Quality and Regulatory function within the health technology industry in making the case for Philips}, pages = {108}, abstract = {Experts who acquired extensive knowledge and skills through practising and studying over many years, are becoming increasingly important for companies. As in today’s world the products are getting ever more complex and technical driven. Therefore, it is important for Quality functions to have the best experts and develop them that they can actively shape the new product requirements. The aim of this study is to investigate how to develop and design a Dual Career Ladder in the Q\&R organisation in making the case for the HealthTech company Philips. The research intend is to explore the present state of the Dual Career Ladder in the HealthTech industry and recommending how to develop and design a Dual Career Ladder for the Q\&R organization at Philips to increase the organisational effectiveness through winning, retain and develop Q\&R experts. The research adopted secondary data from academic journals, books, press articles and study reports. As well as primary data, interviews were undertaken with experts of companies that are operating in industries related to the health-technology industry. Through these succeeding interviews best practice examples could be evaluated. Afterwards the findings were translated into a Dual Career Ladder design for the Q\&R function in Philips primary data was analysed and compared with secondary data. A successful development and design of a Dual Career Ladder is based on a a diverse project team, clear requirements of the different levels of the Dual Career Ladder, definition of the new created roles and how the differentiate. Furthermore, it is important to have clear nomination and promotion procedure that are transparent. A well thought concept can help organizations attracting critical talents and keeping them by offering them development perspectives and attractive jobs. The conclusion drawn describes possible outcomes for employee’s development and the organisations effectiveness to reach their desired business results. Followed by a recommendation on further action and closing with the limitation of this study}, language = {en} }