Research and Development in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry

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ISBN: 9783527317752 | 3527317759
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Copyright: 9/22/2006

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Mastering management skills is hard to achieve by newcomers starting their careers in the chemical industry. The message coming from there is that good chemists swiftly have to become good managers if they are to survive and progress in today's competitive climate.This book is designed to help guide younger R & D chemists to ways in which they can quickly evolve skills which are built around three factors - people, knowledge and time. It 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.The author, Peter Bamfield, is now working as a consultant. Due to his long experience in the chemical industry, he was elected President of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Industrial Affairs Division.This third edition of the book has been revised and updated to take global developments and recent changes in regulatory affairs into account.

Introduction

(2)

1 An Overview of the Scope and Contents of the Book

(8)

1.1 The Industry

(3)

1.2 The Role and Breadth of R&D

(2)

1.3 R&D Organisation

(1)

1.4 R&D Personnel

(1)

1.5 Creativity and Innovation

(1)

1.6 Project Management

(1)

Section A: Harnessing the Human Resource

(54)

1 Building the Scientific Skills Base of the Group

(24)

1.1 The Skills Audit Process

(6)

1.1.1 Determining the Skill Requirements

(1)

1.1.2 Auditing the Current Skills

(1)

1.1.3 Discovering the Skills Gap

(4)

1.2 Recruitment

(17)

1.2.1 Job Definition and Evaluation

(4)

1.2.2 The Advertisement

(4)

1.2.3 Drawing up the Short List

(1)

1.2.4 Selection Interviewing

(2)

1.2.5 Psychometric Tests and Assessment Centres

(2)

1.2.6 The Choice

(1)

1.2.7 The Offer

(1)

1.2.8 Acceptance and Induction

(1)

2 Developing the People who form the Skills Base

(20)

2.1 The Management of Performance

(20)

2.1.1 Setting Performance Objectives

(3)

2.1.2 Reviewing and Monitoring

(3)

2.1.2.1 Performance Appraisal Schemes

(2)

2.1.3 Training and Development

(3)

2.1.4 Reward

(1)

2.1.5 Disciplinary Action and Trade Union Representation

(1)

2.1.6 Career Development

(5)

2.1.7 Succession Planning

(3)

3 The R&D Team Manager

(8)

3.1 Managerial Skills and Leadership

(2)

3.2 Managing Creative Groups

(3)

3.3 Managing Your Own Career

(2)

Section B: Organising for an Innovative Environment

(82)

1 The Structural Components of an R&D Organisation

(26)

1.1 Organisational Environments for R&D

(13)

1.1.1 The Functional Organisation

(5)

1.1.1.1 Corporate R&D

(2)

1.1.1.2 New Business Venture Groups

(1)

1.1.2 The Strategic Business Unit

(1)

1.1.3 The R&D Contractor

(2)

1.1.4 The Matrix

(2)

1.1.5 Organisational Comparisons

(2)

1.2 The Internal Organisation of R&D

(4)

1.2.1 R&D Work Groups

(1)

1.2.2 Technical Management of Work Groups

(3)

1.3 Global R&D

(2)

1.4 Outsourcing R&D

(6)

1.4.1 The One Stop Shop

(1)

1.4.2 The Virtual R&D Company

(3)

2 The Provision of the Appropriate Support

(16)

2.1 Analytical Services

(1)

2.2 Intellectual Property

(1)

2.3 Information and Library Services

(2)

2.4 IT and Telecommunications

(2)

2.4.1 R&D Office Technology

(2)

2.5 Health, Safety and Environment

101

(1)

2.6 Toxicology

101

(1)

2.7 Chemical and Equipment Supplies

101

(1)

2.8 Engineering and Buildings Maintenance

102

(1)

2.9 Laboratory Automation

103

(8)

2.9.1 The Analytical Laboratory

104

(1)

2.9.2 The Synthesis Laboratory

105

(6)

2.9.2.1 Synthetic Automation Specification

107

(1)

2.9.2.2 System Integration and Throughput

108

(1)

2.9.2.3 Lessons for Management

109

(1)

2.9.2.4 Microscale Experimentation

109

(2)

3 A Financially Sound, Healthy, Safe and Quality Environment

111

(36)

3.1 Financial Control

111

(5)

3.1.1 Budgets

112

(2)

3.1.2 Plans

114

(1)

3.1.2.1 Personnel Costs

114

(1)

3.1.2.2 Capital Costs

115

(1)

3.1.3 Cost Control and Monitoring

115

(1)

3.2 Health and Safety

116

(5)

3.2.1 Legal Background

116

(1)

3.2.2 Management of Health and Safety

117

(4)

3.2.2.1 Risk Assessment

118

(1)

3.2.2.2 Performance Standards and Indicators

119

(1)

3.2.2.3 Monitoring, Audit and Review

120

(1)

3.3 Regulatory Affairs

121

(9)

3.3.1 Definitions of Terms

121

(1)

3.3.2 Quality Management Systems

122

(8)

3.3.2.1 The Quality Manager

122

(1)

3.3.2.2 Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)

122

(2)

3.3.2.3 Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP)

124

(1)

3.3.2.4 Quality Management Systems (ISO 9000 Series)

125

(2)

3.3.2.5 Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14 000 Series)

127

(1)

3.3.2.6 Data Recording

128

(2)

3.4 Total Quality Management in R&D

130

(10)

3.4.1 Quality Procedures

131

(1)

3.4.2 Continuous Improvement

132

(2)

3.4.3 Performance Measurement Techniques

134

(3)

3.4.4 Benchmarking

137

(3)

3.5 Change Management

140

(9)

3.5.1 The Change Process

141

(3)

3.5.2 Change Management Skills

144

(1)

3.5.3 Embodying Change

144

(3)

Section C: Creativity and Innovation

147

(66)

1 Creativity and the Nurturing of Innovation

149

(36)

1.1 Definitions

149

(1)

1.2 Total Creativity Management

150

(2)

1.3 The Creative Climate

152

(2)

1.4 The Climate for Innovation

154

(1)

1.5 The Creative and Innovative Individual

155

(4)

1.5.1 The MBTI Creativity Index (MBTI-CI)

157

(1)

1.5.2 Kirton Adaption-Innovation Inventory

158

(1)

1.6 Innovation Pathways

159

(6)

1.6.1 Sources of Innovation

160

(4)

1.6.2 Business Analysis Techniques

164

(1)

1.7 Creative Thinking

165

(2)

1.8 Tools for Creativity

167

(15)

1.8.1 The Generation of Ideas

167

(1)

1.8.2 Lateral Thinking

167

(2)

1.8.3 Brainstorming

169

(2)

1.8.4 Synectics and Metaphors

171

(1)

1.8.5 Mind Maps

172

(1)

1.8.6 Morphological Analysis

173

(1)

1.8.7 Six Thinking Hats

174

(2)

1.8.8 TRIZ

176

(5)

1.8.9 Creating and Robert Fritz

181

(1)

1.9 The Evaluation of the Ideas Generated

182

(3)

2 The Protection of Intellectual Property

185

(12)

2.1 Patents

186

(7)

2.1.1 Inventorship

188

(1)

2.1.2 Filing and Prosecution of the Application

189

(3)

2.1.3 Infringement of Patents

192

(1)

2.1.4 US Differences from the FPO

192

(1)

2.2 Trademarks

193

(1)

2.3 Trade Secrets

193

(1)

2.4 Internal Records

194

(1)

2.5 Code of Best Practices for Handling IP

195

(2)

3 The Exploitation of Opportunities

197

(16)

3.1 Development within the Company

198

(1)

3.2 Joint Venture

198

(3)

3.3 External Licensing and Assignment of IP

201

(1)

3.4 Inward Technology Transfer

202

(1)

3.5 Knowledge Management

203

(12)

3.5.1 Explicit and Tacit Knowledge

204

(1)

3.5.2 Knowledge Repositories

205

(1)

3.5.3 Knowledge Management and the Technological Function

206

(2)

3.5.4 The Dow Chemical Project in Knowledge Exploitation

208

(5)

Section D: Project Management of Innovation

213

(58)

1 The Selection and Evaluation of R&D Projects

215

(18)

1.1 Business Strategy and the Innovation Portfolio

216

(3)

1.2 The R&D Portfolio

219

(11)

1.2.1 The Development of Existing Products and Processes

219

(5)

1.2.1.1 Cost Benefit Targets

220

(3)

1.2.1.2 Product Quality

223

(1)

1.2.1.3 Plant Output

223

(1)

1.2.1.4 The Environmental Challenge

224

(1)

1.2.2 The Invention of New Products and Processes for Existing Businesses

224

(10)

1.2.2.1 New Product Targets

225

(4)

1.2.2.2 New Process Targets

229

(1)

1.3 Strategic Research Targets

230

(3)

2 The Innovation Chain

233

(22)

2.1 The Stage-Gate Process

233

(1)

2.2 New Chemical Product Innovation Chain

234

(9)

2.2.1 Speculative Research

234

(3)

2.2.2 Process Development

237

(5)

2.2.2.1 HSE and Product Registration

238

(3)

2.2.2.2 Pilot Plant Manufacture

241

(1)

2.2.2.3 Field and Customer Trials

241

(1)

2.2.2.4 Clinical Development

242

(1)

2.2.3 Trial Manufacture

242

(1)

2.2.4 Market Launch

243

(1)

2.2.5 Establishment of the Manufacture and Sales

243

(1)

2.3 Time Management of the Innovation Chain

243

(12)

2.3.1 The Faster Evaluation of New Products

244

(1)

2.3.2 The Faster and Increased Return on Investment

245

(3)

2.3.3 Lead Times and the Development Risks

248

(2)

2.3.4 R&D Management Issues

250

(1)

2.3.5 The Interfaces between R&D, Manufacturing and Marketing

251

(1)

2.3.6 The Overall Management of Time

252

(3)

3 The Project Management Skills

255

(16)

3.1 Project Manager and Team Selection

256

(3)

3.2 Project Definition, the WHAT, WHEN and Constraints

259

(3)

3.3 Resource Allocation

262

(1)

3.4 Planning, the WHO and the HOW

262

(5)

3.4.1 WHO

263

(1)

3.4.2 HOW

263

(4)

3.4.2.1 Gantt Charts

264

(1)

3.4.2.2 Network Diagrams

265

(1)

3.4.2.3 Critical Paths

266

(1)

3.4.2.4 Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)

266

(1)

3.5 The Formal Launch

267

(1)

3.6 Monitoring and Controlling the Project

267

(2)

3.7 Completion of the Project

269

(2)

General References

271

(2)

Index

273

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