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Course 2010-2011 a.y.

20347 - RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT


CLMG - M - IM - MM - AFC - CLAPI - CLEFIN-FINANCE - CLELI - ACME - DES-ESS - EMIT
Department of Management and Technology

Course taught in English


Go to class group/s: 31

CLMG (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - M (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - IM (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - MM (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - AFC (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - CLAPI (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - CLEFIN-FINANCE (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - CLELI (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - ACME (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - DES-ESS (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08) - EMIT (6 credits - II sem. - OP  |  SECS-P/08)
Course Director:
VINCENZO BAGLIERI

Classes: 31 (II sem.)
Instructors:
Class 31: VINCENZO BAGLIERI


Course Objectives

The course aims at highlighting  both th role that R&D activities may play to contribute to the competitiveness of industrial firms and what are the peculiarities of R&D management.
Actually, in the last years, the R&D management has faced a lot of changes, that have also determined relevant implications on the competences required to the managers of this department.
During the course, classes are integrated by cases discussions and companies presentations.


Course Content Summary

Some issues and managerial tools are deployed. Particularly:

  • the role of R&D in the process of industrial innovation
  • approaches to R&D strategies formulation
  • the selection of R&D projects
  • the ways of technological acquisition
  • "time" in R&D management
  • the organization of R&D department
  • centralization versus decentralization
  • the management of R&D global networks
  • the delinking of R from D
  • national and super-national R&D systems

Detailed Description of Assessment Methods

Attending students:

  • Written Exam
  • Final teamwork.

Non attending students:

  • Written exam.

Textbooks

Attendind students:
Materials are available in the Learning Space, as well as corporate studies.
Non attending students:

  • V. CHIESA, R&D Strategy and Organization, Managing Technical Change in Dynamic Contexts, Imperial College Press, 2001

Materials are available in the Learning Space, as well as corporate studies.


Prerequisites

Basic mathematics, statistics and finance.

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