Effective Management of R&D Personnel

This three day workshop is designed to provide R&D 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 (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


1. MANAGING CHANGE

  • Types of Change
  • The Change Process
  • Introducing Change Effectively
  • Reasons R&D Employees Resist Change
  • Reducing Resistance to Change
2. MANAGING CONFLICT IN R&D
  • Types of Conflict
  • Causes of Conflict in R&D
  • Conflict Resolution Techniques
3. MANAGING AN R&D TEAM
  • Organizing the R&D Team
  • Selecting Team Members
  • Rewarding and Motivating the R&D Team
  • Organizational Actions that Support or Inhibit the Team's Effectiveness
  • Characteristics of Effective and Ineffective Teams
4. AVOIDING TECHNOLOGICAL OBSOLESCENCE AND BURNOUT
  • Preventing and Combatting Obsolescence
  • Age and R&D Productivity
  • Sources of Stress in R&D
  • Burnout Prevention
5. TIME MANAGEMENT AND DELEGATION
  • Identification and Avoidance of Time Wasting Activities
  • Delegation Techniques
  • Running and Effective Meeting

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 in government and industrial laboratories for twenty-eight years, and has been a consultant  to several government departments on intellectual property management.

 

Group rates available.

Fee includes a 100+ page workshop manual.



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