Research and Development in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry covers the management of scientific personnel, management within a variety of R & D organisational structures, creating a climate of innovation, the management of projects including the time management and communication aspects of the job.

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Contents

An Overview of the Scope and Contents of the Book

• The Industry
• The Role and Breadth of R&D
• R&D Organisation
• R&D Personnel
• Creativity and Innovation
• Project Management

Harnessing the Human Resource

• Building the Scientific Skills Base of the Group
• The Skills Audit Process
• Recruitment

Developing the People who form the Skills Base

• The Management of Performance

The R&D Team Manager

• Managerial Skills and Leadership
• Managing Creative Groups
• Managing Your Own Career

Organising for an Innovative Environment

• The Structural Components of an R&D Organisation
• Organisational Environments for R&D
• The Internal Organisation of R&D
• Global R&D
• Outsourcing R&D

The Provision of the Appropriate Support

• Analytical Services
• Intellectual Property
• Information and Library Services
• IT and Telecommunications
• Health, Safety and Environment
• Toxicology
• Chemical and Equipment Supplies
• Engineering and Buildings Maintenance
• Laboratory Automation

A Financially Sound, Healthy, Safe and Quality Environment

• Financial Control
• Health and Safety
• Regulatory Affairs
• Total Quality Management in R&D
• Change Management

Creativity and Innovation

• Creativity and the Nurturing of Innovation
• Total Creativity Management
• The Creative Climate
• The Climate for Innovation
• The Creative and Innovative Individual
• Innovation Pathways
• Creative Thinking
• Tools for Creativity
• The Evaluation of the Ideas Generated

The Protection of Intellectual Property

• Patents
• Trademarks
• Trade Secrets
• Internal Records
• Code of Best Practices for Handling IP

The Exploitation of Opportunities

• Development within the Company
• Joint Venture
• External Licensing and Assignment of IP
• Inward Technology Transfer
• Knowledge Management

Project Management of Innovation

• The Selection and Evaluation of R&D Projects
• Business Strategy and the Innovation Portfolio
• The R&D Portfolio
• Strategic Research Targets

The Innovation Chain

• The Stage-Gate Process
• New Chemical Product Innovation Chain

The Project Management Skills

• Project Manager and Team Selection
• Project Definition, the WHAT, WHEN and Constraints
• Resource Allocation
• Planning, the WHO and the HOW
• The Formal Launch
• Monitoring and Controlling the Project
• Completion of the Project

Index

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