The human side of managing technological innovation : a collection of readings / edited by Ralph Katz.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

[PART 1: The motivation and leadership of technical professionals] Motivating professionals in organizations / Ralph Katz -- How Bell Labs creates star performers / Robert Kelley, Janet Caplan -- Organizational socialization and the reduction of uncertainty / Ralph Katz -- The management of creativity in organizations. Managing creative professionals / Albert Shapero -- How to manage geeks / Russ Mitchell -- Managing creativity : a Japanese model / Min Basadur -- Managing innovation : when less is more / Charlan Jeanne Nemeth -- The transition from technical specialist to managerial leader: Why managers fail / Michael K. Badawy -- How do you feel? / Tony Schwartz -- Beyond the charismatic leader : leadership and organizational change / David A. Nadler, Michael L. Tushman.

[PART 2: The management of innovative groups and project teams] . How a team at Digital Equipment designed the 'Alpha' chip / Ralph Katz -- The Java saga / David Bank -- Hot groups / Harold J. Leavitt, Jean Lipman-Blumen -- The management of cross-functional groups and project teams: The discipline of teams / Jon R. Katzenbach, Douglas K. Smith -- Managing creative performance in R & D teams / Ralph Katz -- Managing organizational roles and structures in project groups: Organizing and leading "heavyweight" development teams / Kim B. Clark, Steven C. Wheelwright -- Lessons for an accidental profession / Jeffrey K. Pinto, Om P. Kharbanda -- How project performance is influenced by the locus of power in the R & D matrix / Ralph Katz, Thomas J. Allen.

[PART 3: Leadership roles in the innovation process] Enlightened experimentation : the new imperative for innovation / Stefn Thomke -- Product-development practices that work: how internet companies build software / Alan MacCormack -- Meeting the challenge of global team management / Edward F. McDonough III, David Cedrone -- Informal critical roles in leading innovation: Critical functions : needed roles in the innovation process / Edward B. Roberts, Alan R. Fusfeld -- Innovation through intrapreneuring / Gifford Pinchot III -- Virtual teams : technology and the workplace of the future / Anthony Townsend, Samuel DeMarie, Anthony Hendrickson.

[PART 4: Managing knowledge work within innovative organizations] Distinguishing science from technology: Communication networks in R & D laboratories / Thomas Allen -- A study of the influence of technical gatekeeping on project performance and career outcomes in an R & D facility / Ralph Katz, Michael L. Tushman -- Why information technology inspired but cannot deliver knowledge management / Richard McDermott -- Managing performance and productivity in technical groups and organizational settings: Project management scorecard / Dennis Slevin -- Measuring R & D effectiveness / Robert Szakonyi -- Assessing the value of your technology / James W. Tipping, Eugene Zeffren, Alan R. Fusfeld -- Metrics to evaluate RD & E / John Hauser, Florian Zettelmeyer.

[PART 5: Managing innovative climates in organizations] A skunkworks tale / Thomas J. Peters -- The one-firm firm : what makes it successful / David H. Maister -- 3M's post-it notes : a managed or accidental innovation? / P. Ranganath Nayak, John Ketteringham -- Making Teflon stick / Anne Cooper Funderburg -- Maintaining innovative climates: That's easy for you to say / Lucien Rhodes -- Organizational issues in the introduction of new technologies / Ralph Katz, Thomas J. Allen -- Implementing radical innovation in mature firms : the role of hubs / Richard Leifer, Gina Colarelli O'Connor, Mark Rice -- Dreams to market : crafting a culture of innovation / Karen Anne Zien, Sheldon A. Buckler.

[PART 6: The management of organizational processes for innovation] Managing organizational deliberations in nonroutine work / William A. Pasmore -- Speed and strategic choice : how managers accelerate decision making / Kathleen M. Eisenhardt -- Vasa syndrome : insights from a 17th-century new product disaster / Eric H. Kessler, Paul E. Bierly III, Shanthi Gopalakrishnan -- Organizational practices, policies, and rewards: Winning the talent war for women / Douglas M. McCracken -- Danger : toxic company / Alan M. Webber -- Managing dual ladder systems in RD & E settings / Ralph Katz, Thomas J. Allen -- Managing across functions for rapid product development: A six-step framework for becoming a fast-cycle-time competitor / Christopher Meyer -- Shortening the product development cycle / Preston G. Smith, Donald G. Reinertsen -- First to market, first to fail? Real causes of enduring market leadership / Gerard J. Tellis, Peter N. Golder.

[PART 7: Managing the innovation process in organizatiions] Managing relations between R & D and marketing in new product development projects / William E. Souder -- Examining some myths about new product "winners" / Robert G. Cooper -- The rules of innovation / Clayton Christensen -- Managing user innovation for new product development. Product concept development through the lead-user method / Eric von Hippel, Ralph Katz -- Shifting innovation to users through toolkits / Eric von Hippel, Ralph Katz -- Organizational frameworks for innovation and new product development. Modular platforms and innovation strategy / Marc H. Meyer, Alvin P. Lehnerd -- The elements of platform leadership / Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer -- Managing technological innovation in organizations / Ralph Katz -- Ally or acquire? How technology leaders decide / Edward B. Roberts, Wenyun Kathy Liu.

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