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Managing and Leading the R&D Team

Calgary, Alberta

March 15 - 16, 2006

This two day workshop is designed to provide R&D team or group leaders with the knowledge and skills required to manage and lead highly trained professionals in the challenging environment of an R&D laboratory. This workshop draws heavily on the vast literature on the management of technological innovation and R&D management, and the input from hundreds of previous workshop participants.

Who Should Attend

R&D personnel in the following categories would benefit from this workshop:

First or second level R&D supervisors (e.g., Section Head, Team or Group Leaders)
Scientists, engineers or technologists who are being considered for promotion to supervisory positions
Scientists or engineers who take on temporary supervisory roles such as project leaders.

Workshop Outline

What an Effective R&D Team/Group Leader Does

Important Management Functions
Key Activities of an Effective R&D Manager/Team Leader
Organizational Factors that Support Effective R&D Management

Managing an R&D Team

Organizing the R&D Team
Selecting Team Members
Rewarding/motivating the R&D Team
Organizational Actions the Support or Inhibit the Team's Effectiveness
Characteristics of Effective and Ineffective Teams

Managing Conflict and Change in R&D

Types of Conflict in R&D
Causes of Conflict in the R&D Environment
Resolving Conflict Among Scientists
Change as a Source of Conflict
Reducing Resistance to Change by Scientists

Growing a Creative and Innovative Work Environment

What is Creativity and Innovation
Elements of an Organizational Climate or Culture
Review of Studies of Creativity in an R&D Environment
Encouraging Idea Generation
Lowering the Organization's "Terror Quotient"
Creativity and Innovation Poisoners
Actions to Support a Creative and Innovative Culture

Workshop Director: Thomas E. Clarke, M.Sc., M.B.A.

Mr. Clarke has designed and presented R&D management workshops to scientific personnel in government and industrial laboratories in Canada, China and the U.S. for twenty-eight years, and has been a consultant to all of the Canadian government's science-based departments on R&D management, intellectual property management, and science programs and policy.

Participants will receive a 100+ page workshop manual.

Location

Calgary, Alberta

Registration Must be Received by SCL by March 6, 2006

Clarke-Reavley Consultants 707 - 172 Wentworth Drive, Halifax, N.S. Canada, B3M 0P4 Tel: (902) 240-2401
E-Mail: Clarkerev@bellaliant.net