DEVELOPING
AND MANAGING R&D TEAMS
This three day workshop is designed to provide R&D
managers with the knowledge and skills required to manage highly trained
professionals in an R&D team environment. This workshop draws heavily
on the vast literature on the management of R&D teams.
Who Should Attend
R&D personnel in the following
categories would benefit from this workshop:
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Scientists or engineers who
take on the role of R&D project team leaders
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Scientists, engineers or technologists
who are being considered for promotion to team or group leader positions
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Bench level scientists or
engineers who have to work as members of a research team.
WORKSHOP OUTLINE
Module One: Putting the R&D
Team Together
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Characteristics of an Effective Team Leader
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Range of Authorities and Responsibilities
- Team Leadership Style and Sources of Power
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The R&D Team Leader's Key Activities
- Team Leader Selection Criteria
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Selecting the Team Members
Module Two: Establishing the
R &D Team Processes
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Team Dynamics - Stages of Formal Team Development
- Importance of the First Team Meeting
- Team Authority
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Rewarding and Motivating the Team
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How Management Can Support Team Effectiveness
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Organizational Conditions or Actions that Support/Inhibit
Team Effectiveness
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Characteristics of an Effective R&D Team
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Symptoms of a "Sick" Team
Module Three: Listening Skills
Needed by the R&D Team
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General Interpersonal Communications Model
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Causes of Ineffective Interpersonal Communications
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Specific Causes of Ineffective Communications in
R&D
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Techniques to Overcome Poor Interpersonal Communications
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Importance of Upwards Organizational Communications
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Impact of Poor Interpersonal Communication
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Review of Studies of Communication in R&D
Module Four: Managing Conflict
in the R&D Team
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Positive Attributes of Conflict
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Stages of the Conflict Cycle
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Causes of Interpersonal Conflict Among Scientific
Staff
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The Five Methods of Resolving Interpersonal Conflict
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Role of the R&D Team Leader in Resolving Interpersonal
Conflict
Module Five: R&D Team Members
Performance Management
Module Six: Summary of Workshop
and General Discussion
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 for over twenty-five years, and has been a consultant
to several government departments on the management of R&D
personnel.
Group rates available.
Price includes a 100+ page workshop
manual
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