Leading and Managing R&D Teams
March 11-13, 2003
Plant Biotechnology Institute/NRC
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
This three day workshop is designed to provide R&D
team leaders or section heads with the knowledge and skills required to lead and
motivate 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, Team Leader)
- Scientists, engineers or technologists who are being considered for promotion
to a team leader position
- Scientists or engineers who take on temporary supervisory roles such as
project leaders.
Workshop Outline
What an Effective R&D Team Leader Does?
- Important Management Functions
- Key Activities of an Effective R&D Team Leader
- Organizational Factors the Support Effective R&D Management
R&D Team Leadership Styles
- Effective Leadership Styles
- Dealing With Ineffective Supervisors
- Impact on Creativity and Productivity
Motivating Your R&D Team To Be Creative and Productive
- Motivating Scientific Personnel
- Reward and Recognition in R&D
- Dual Promotion Ladders
- Career Paths for R&D Personnel
Improving Interpersonal Communication in the R&D
Team
- Improvement Techniques
- Sources of Communications Difficulties in R&D
- Avoiding Interpersonal Communications Problems
- Impact of Poor R&D Team Communications
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
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-five years, and has been a consultant to several government
departments on intellectual property management.
Price includes a 100+ page workshop manual
Registration Must be Received by February 28, 2003
Stargate Consultants Limited
1687 Centennary Drive, Nanaimo, BC
Canada, V9X 1A3
Tel: (250) 755-3066
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