Role – Technical Director (Member of Operations and Strategy Teams)A. SITE1) Select offices for individuals at Innovation Organization (RB, A, B)B. PERSONNEL1) Be responsible for continuous self-improvement (HB)2) Recruit new employees as needed (RB, A, B)3) Grade all jobs in the dept. (HB)4) Set personnel salary increases consistent with guidelines (HB)5) Provide for [...]
Role – CTO, VP Corporate Research A. SITE1) Advise location of offices (A, B)3) Ensure Innovation Organization’s health and safety (HB)B. PERSONNEL1) Recruit new employees as needed (HB,A, B)2) Responsible for continuous self-improvement (HB)3) Direct systems for job grading (HB)4) Ensure salary fairness for entire Innovation Organization and Corporate technical community (HB)5) Manage [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Five Phases of Organizational Growth It is also important to note that just like technologies and markets, organizations go through their own stages of growth. This can be shown in “The Five Phases of Organizational Growth” figure. This model shows the various crises that develop during the growth cycles, and the organization [...]
Organizational Design Options 7S Organizational Model There are a variety of ways, shown in the Organizational Design Options" figure, in which people can organize to create successful societies, communities and organizations. When designing the organizational structure for innovation organizations the “7S” model provides an overall framework to think through that design. This is [...]
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