| Description |
xvii, 618 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
11. How Good Is Our Research? / Walter Robb -- II. Managing Innovative Groups and Project Teams. 12. Building High Performing Engineering Project Teams / Hans Thamhain and David Wilemon. 13. How a Team at Digital Equipment Designed the 'Alpha' Chip / Ralph Katz. 14. Hot Groups / Harold Leavitt and Jean Lipman-Blumen. 15. The Discipline of Teams / Jon Katzenbach and Douglas Smith. 16. From Experience: Action Teams That Work / Robert Hershock, Charles Cowman and Douglas Peters. 17. Managing Creative Performance in R&D Teams / Ralph Katz. 18. How Project Performance Is Influenced by the Locus of Power in the R&D Matrix / Ralph Katz and Thomas Allen. 19. Organizing and Leading "Heavyweight" Development Teams / Kim Clark and Steven Wheelwright. 20. Lessons for an Accidental Profession |
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I. The Management and Motivation of Professional Performance. 1. Motivating Your R&D Staff / George Manners, Jr., Joseph Steger and Thomas Zimmerer. 2. One More Time: How to Motivate Your Engineers / Michael Badawy. 3. The Subtle Significance of Job Satisfaction / Dennis Organ. 4. Organizational Socialization and the Reduction of Uncertainty / Ralph Katz. 5. Managing Creative Professionals / Albert Shapero. 6. How Bell Labs Creates Star Performers / Robert Kelley and Janet Caplan. 7. The Idea Makers / Thomas Kiely. 8. Managing Creativity: A Japanese Model / Min Basadur. 9. Assessing the Value of Your Technology / James Tipping, Eugene Zeffren and Alan Fusfeld. 10. Measuring R&D Effectiveness / Robert Szakonyi |
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Jeffrey Pinto and Om Kharbanda -- III. The Management and Leadership of Technical Professionals. 21. Why Managers Fail / Michael Badawy. 22. The Hidden Side of Leadership in Technical Team Management / Gary Gemmill and David Wilemon. 23. The Middle Manager as Innovator / Rosabeth Kanter. 24. Beyond the Charismatic Leader: Leadership and Organizational Change / David Nadler and Michael Tushman. 25. Critical Functions: Needed Roles in the Innovation Process / Edward Roberts and Alan Fusfeld. 26. Innovation through Intrapreneuring / Gifford Pinchot III. 27. Cultural Differences in the Championing of Global Innovation / Scott Shane -- IV. The Management of Professionals Within Innovative Organizations. 28. Distinguishing Science from Technology / Thomas Allen. 29. Communication Networks in R&D Laboratories |
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Kathleen Eisenhardt. 39. Managing Performance with The Real Numbers / Tony Hope and Jeremy Hope. 40. Managing A Diverse Work Force: Women in Engineering / Kate Kirkham and Paul Thompson. 41. Rethinking Rewards for Technical Employees / Luis Gomez-Mejia, David Balkin and George Milkovich. 42. Managing Dual Ladder Systems in RD&E Settings / Ralph Katz and Thomas Allen. 43. A Six-Step Framework for Becoming a Fast-Cycle-Time Competitor / Christopher Meyer. 44. Shortening the Product Development Cycle / Preston Smith and Donald Reinersten. 45. The Hidden Costs of Accelerated Product Development / C. Merle Crawford -- VI. Managing Technological Innovation. 46. Managing Relations between R&D and Marketing in New Product Development Projects |
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Thomas Allen. 30. A Study of the Influence of Technical Gatekeeping on Project Performance and Career Outcomes in an R&D Facility / Ralph Katz and Michael Tushman. 31. A Skunkworks Tale / Thomas Peters. 32. The One-Firm Firm: What Makes It Successful / David Maister. 33. 3M's Post-it Notes: A Managed or Accidental Innovation? / P. Ranganath Nayak and John Ketteringham. 34. That's Easy for You to Say / Lucien Rhodes. 35. Organizational Issues in the Introduction of New Technologies / Ralph Katz and Thomas Allen. 36. Managing Improvement in Process Technology through Episodic Windows of Opportunity / Marcie Tyre and Wanda Orlikowski -- V. The Management of Organizational Processes. 37. Managing Organizational Deliberations in Nonroutine Work / William Pasmore. 38. Speed and Strategic Choice: How Managers Accelerate Decision Making |
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William Souder. 47. Engineering's Interactions with Marketing Groups in an Engineering-Driven Organization / John Workman, Jr. 48. Examining Some Myths about New Product "Winners" / Robert Cooper. 49. Product and Process Concept Development Via the Lead User Method / Eric von Hippel. 50. Technology Maturation and Technology Substitution / Lowell Steele. 51. Managing Invention and Innovation: What We've Learned / Edward Roberts |
| Summary |
Designed for courses within business, engineering, and executive education programs, The Human Side of Managing Technological Innovation provides a variety of approaches and perspectives on issues critical to the effective leadership of technical professionals and crossfunctional teams throughout the innovation process. The articles represent the thoughts and ideas of researchers and practitioners seeking a richer understanding of the complex interplay between the specialized knowledge and skills of creative professionals and the realistic pressures and constraints of successful business organizations. Organized into six sections comprising 17 chapters, this text consists of 15 new and 36 previously published articles that cover topics such as motivating professionals, measuring productivity, organizing and leading crossfunctional development teams, enhancing creativity, developing human resource capabilities, and using technology as a strategic resource. It can be used for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses as well as organizational workshops and seminars that focus primarily on how managers, individual professionals, project teams, and functional groups deal with problems and issues related to the management of technology-based innovation. The collection can also be used as a complementary text for any course that emphasizes product, process, organizational, or technological innovation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Technological innovations -- Management.
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| Author |
Katz, Ralph.
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| LC no. |
96038714 |
| ISBN |
0195096932 (acid-free) |
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0195096940 (paperback: acid-free) |
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