Research and development （R＆D） projects often employ management by objectives （MBO） as a way to make steady progress toward diffficult-to-reach targets. As a result, it is hard to motivate those project members w...Research and development （R＆D） projects often employ management by objectives （MBO） as a way to make steady progress toward diffficult-to-reach targets. As a result, it is hard to motivate those project members who may be strongly oriented toward self-management. Furthermore, for R＆D projects that use the stage-gate approach, because there are multiple evaluation barriers, there may be distortions in the behavior or the training of R＆D personnel. For human resource training in R＆D projects, it is important to educate managers and project members in quality-cost-delivery or project-management-body-of-knowledge methods, but this is not enough. For successful R＆D, it is also important to consider approaches that will enable personnel to acquire high-level tacit knowledge related to project management （PM） and practical wisdom （i.e., phronesis）. If comprehensive human resource training that fosters the learning of PM-related knowledge and management by belief （MBB） is possible, this holds forth the prospect of effective human resource training methods for R＆D projects. The present research examines the human resource training process for R＆D projects by using a PM phronesis acquisition model. We confirmed the effectiveness of the PM phronesis acquisition model proposed in this research by testing in an actual R＆D project.展开更多
文摘Research and development （R＆D） projects often employ management by objectives （MBO） as a way to make steady progress toward diffficult-to-reach targets. As a result, it is hard to motivate those project members who may be strongly oriented toward self-management. Furthermore, for R＆D projects that use the stage-gate approach, because there are multiple evaluation barriers, there may be distortions in the behavior or the training of R＆D personnel. For human resource training in R＆D projects, it is important to educate managers and project members in quality-cost-delivery or project-management-body-of-knowledge methods, but this is not enough. For successful R＆D, it is also important to consider approaches that will enable personnel to acquire high-level tacit knowledge related to project management （PM） and practical wisdom （i.e., phronesis）. If comprehensive human resource training that fosters the learning of PM-related knowledge and management by belief （MBB） is possible, this holds forth the prospect of effective human resource training methods for R＆D projects. The present research examines the human resource training process for R＆D projects by using a PM phronesis acquisition model. We confirmed the effectiveness of the PM phronesis acquisition model proposed in this research by testing in an actual R＆D project.
