The Human Factor in Industrial R&D

Ashok Ganguly

Chapter 7 in Business-Driven Research and Development, 1999, pp 136-160 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The human factor in industrial R&D is the single most important decisive element which determines output and effectiveness of scientists in industry, and yet one which has remained a grossly underexplored subject. While some of the great inventors during the first industrial revolution tended to be solitary figures, the issue of developing specialised manpower to undertake scientific research remained obscure until the present century. Formal human resource development policies for R&D specialists began to evolve in the German chemical industry during the years before World War II, traces of which can still be found in parts of the European pharmaceutical industry.

Keywords: Human Resource; Human Factor; Human Resource Management; Project Team; Project Mode (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.1057/9781403915955_7

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