Effective
Management and Leadership of
Engineers
and Scientists
January
5-7, 2009
Edmonton,
Alberta
This three day workshop is designed to provide R&D
team/group leaders or managers with the knowledge and skills required to
manage and retain 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.
Who Should Attend
R&D personnel in the following categories would benefit from this
workshop:
- First or second level R&D supervisors/team leaders(e.g., Section
Head)
- Scientists, engineers or technologists who are being considered for
promotion to supervisory or group leader 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 Team/Group Leader's Behaviour
- Organizational Factors that Support or Inhibit Effective R&D Management
Easing the Transition from Researcher to Supervisor/Team
Leader
- Selecting the Best R&D Team Leaders/Managers
- Orientation of New Leaders/Managers
- Training R&D Supervisors/Team Leaders
- Importance of Mentoring
- Transition Difficulties to Avoid
Effectively Motivating Your R&D Team to
be Creative and Productive
- Key Motivational Theories
- Motivating Research Engineers and Scientists
- Identifying R&D Personnel's Motivational Needs
- Rewarding and Recognizing R&D Performance
- Motivational Tools (e.g., Dual Promotion Ladders)
- Actions to Increase Researcher's Motivation
Managing an R&D Team
- Selecting Team Members
- Organizing the Team
- Rewarding and Motivating the Team
- Organizational Actions that Support or Inhibit
an R&D Team
- Characteristics of an Effective R&D Team
Improving Performance
Management in the R&D Setting
- Types of Substandard Performance in a Laboratory
- Reasons for Poor Performance
- Conducting Performance Appraisals: Why and How
- Correcting Substandard Performance
- Dealing with the Disruptive R&D Engineer
or Scientist
Managing Conflict and Change in R&D
- Types of Conflict in R&D
- Causes of Conflict Among R&D Personnel
- Resolving Conflict Among Engineers and Scientists
- Reasons Employees Resist Change
- Reducing Resistance to Change
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
and U.S. government science-based departments and agencies, and American,
Canadian and Chinese industrial laboratories for over thirty years, and
has been a consultant to many Canadian government departments on
R&D management and intellectual property management.
Registration: This is a requested
workshop by the Alberta Geological Survey who have graciously permitted
a limited number of seats to be made available to outsiders.
Enquiries and registrations should be addressed
to Stargate Consultants Limited at stargate1@shaw.ca
Fee: $1,500. per person, plus GST.
Location:
Holiday Inn Convention Centre
4520 - 76th Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T6B 0A 5
(780) 468-5400
Price includes a 100+ page workshop manual
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