Managing
and Leading
the
R&D Team
Pudong,
Shanghai, China
June
11-12, 2007
This two day workshop is designed to provide R&D
team/group leaders or managers with the practical knowledge and skills required
to manage and retain highly trained professionals in the challenging environment
of an R&D laboratory. This workshop draws heavily from the more than
50 years of study on the management of technological innovation and R&D
management, and from previous participants of Stargate workshops.
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)
- 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
- Factors that Influence an R&D Managers/Team Leader's Behavior
- Organizational Factors that Support or Inhibit Effective R&D Management
Leadership Styles that Work in the R&D Environment
- Sources of Managerial Power
- Overview of Leadership Styles and Their Application to R&D Personnel
- Characteristics of Good and Bad R&D Team/Group Leaders
- Dealing With the Ineffective R&D Supervisor
- Impact of Management Style on Creativity and Productivity
Effectively Motivating Your R&D Team to
Be Creative and Productive
- General Theories of Motivation and Their Application to the R&D
Environment
- Identifying Scientists' Motivational Needs
- Rewarding and Recognizing R&D Personnel
- Motivational Tools
- Actions to Increase Researcher's Motivation
Improving R&D Interpersonal Communication
Skills in the R&D Environment
- Reasons for Poor Communication
- Eliminating Impediments to Clear Communication
- Sources of Communications Difficulties in R&D
- Avoiding Interpersonal and Intra-organizational Communication Problems
- Resolving Communication Conflicts Between Scientists
Price includes a 100+ page workshop manual
Workshop Director: Thomas E.
Clarke, M.Sc., M.B.A.
Mr. Clarke has designed and presented R&D management
workshops and courses to scientific personnel from Canadian, Chinese and
U.S. government and industrial laboratories for over thirty years, and
has been a consultant to several Canadian government departments
on R&D management and intellectual property management.
For information on registration, please contact:
Karen Ke
Business Manager and Operation Manager
Innolab China
E-mail: marketing@innolab.com.cn
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