Human Resource Management in R&D

K. B. Akhilesh
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K. B. Akhilesh: Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

Chapter Chapter 9 in R&D Management, 2014, pp 95-114 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Human resource (HR) management investigates the strategic role of individuals, groups, structure, and organization in planning, development and management of R&D. Managing human resources is complex, diverse, and interdependent. This chapter explains what human resource management is and how it relates to R&D management by emphasizing the role of engineers, scientists, and professionals among R&D personnel. The next section of this chapter focuses on how R&D manager can use HR concepts, tools, and techniques like human resource planning, inventories, demands, performance appraisal, staffing plan, career planning, and development. At the end of this chapter, we have emphasized the role of career planning in two levels, that is, individual-centered and organization-centered career planning. Further, we have given a brief review on career planning tools which will be a key guide to R&D HR managers. Learning Objectives: To characterize the terms engineer and scientist, and also understand their professional features in R&D; to explore the link among staffing plan, recruitment plan, and development plan with career plans of the scientists and engineers in human resource planning and development system; to describe various aspects in career planning and people management.

Keywords: Human resource management in R&D functions; Differentiate the professional features of engineers and scientists in R&D; Roles and responsibilities of scientists and engineers in R&D; Explore the end-to-end recruitment plans for scientists and engineers in R&D; Assessing to meet organizational need standards; Career planning and development of R&D scientists and engineers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-1946-0_9

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