For an organization to be productive the roles of technical and management personnel need to be well defined and understood by all. The principles by which roles are defined are typically twofold. They are: 1. Define the roles of the technical organization so as to create an efficient responsive team, and2. Define roles [...]
Another category or role needed in Technical Organizations was uncovered by a group at Kimberly Clarke Corporation and since defined and embellished further by Lanny Vincent. This role has to do with the nature and nurture of parenting innovations. What Lanny articulated is that innovators need to be more playful, and the need [...]
Common Role Characteristics for all Technical Personnel Finally there are characteristics common to all roles in the technology organization, as shown in the “Common Role Characteristics for all Technical Personnel” figure.
Also affecting an individual's movement up the ladder over time is the mental capability of each individual. Over time mental capability increases and shows up in the higher rungs of the ladder as shown in the “Mental Thought Processing Capabilities for Technical Personnel” figures. The mental capability was described in previous posts and [...]
Technology Personnel Role Summaries The above descriptions are summarized in the “Technology Personnel Role Summaries” figure. Increasing education and business experience play the biggest part in determining what organizational role most individuals reach. With that increased wisdom the leadership activities of the role also increase as an individual moves up the ladder.
For a technical ladder comprising seven rungs, the role characteristics taken from a chemical industry example, are described below. As a person moves up the rungs, the amount of experience typically available increases as does the typical length of the projects or tasks assigned to that individual. Likewise a person’s project skill level [...]
The Most Senior Technical Ladder Job Title Typically the titles used on the technical latter are distinct for each rung, as was the salary grade. The title for each salary grade is distinct so that a clear progression path is visible to the employee. Salary grades are established by HR consulting research such [...]
Number of Technical Ladder Rungs Many technical organizations have found it an advantage to create dual promotional ladders. This allows increasing competence and expertise the technical areas to be recognized. Recognition takes the form of salary, bonuses, stock options and other means of recognition. In 2017 the Industrial Research Institute conducted a survey [...]
Leadership Team Model Consistent with Margaret Wheatley’s research on designing organizations around information flows, the leadership activities in innovation organizations can be divided into eight categories each supported by a leadership team comprised of those individuals in the organization with the highest “believability” (or demonstrated competence and motivation) in that leadership area. These [...]
Job Level Ladder Roles in technical organizations have been designed along the traditional hierarchy of entry-level positions up through the CTO or VP of R&D. Responsibility and accountability increases as one moves up this management ladder. This is shown in the typical “Job Level Ladder” figure. Span of control and participation in the [...]
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