Role - Project Leaders for "downstream" projects and developments that create deliverables for operating divisions and value to Corporation (May be members of Strategy Team) A. SITENoneB. PERSONNEL1) Responsible for continuous self-improvement (HB)2) Provide assessment of team member performance (A)C. FUNCTIONAL1) Advise on performance of project personnel (A)2) Build successful project teams (HB)3) [...]
Role – Director/Manager, Human Resources Department (Member of Operations Team)A. SITENoneB. PERSONNEL1. Recruit new employees as needed (HB, A, B)2. Ensure job descriptions are complete and grade all new jobs (HB, A)3. Participate in technical salary surveys in order to ensure competitive salaries for all employees at Innovation Organization (HB, A, B)4. Recommend [...]
Role – Director/Manager, Technical Support Department (Member of Operations Team)A. SITE1. Allocate laboratory bench space for Technical Support Department team members (HB, A, B)2. Responsible for laboratory housekeeping, storage space and safety (HB, A, B)B. PERSONNEL1. Be responsible for continuous self-improvement (HB)2. Grade all jobs in the Support Group (HB)3. Provide compensation increase [...]
Role – Engineering Technology Director (Member of Operations and Strategy Teams)A. SITE1) Select offices for individuals at Innovation Organization and those sited elsewhere (HB, A, B)B. PERSONNEL1) Be responsible for continuous self-improvement (HB)2) Recruit new employees as needed (HB, A, B)3) Grade all jobs in the Engineering Tech. dept. (HB)4) Set Engineering personnel [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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