• DocumentCode
    1512997
  • Title

    A model for studying some organizational effects of an increase in the size of R&D projects

  • Author

    Pearson, A.W.

  • Author_Institution
    R&D Res. Unit, Manchester Business School, Univ. of Manchester, Manchester, UK
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1979
  • Firstpage
    14
  • Lastpage
    21
  • Abstract
    Increasing size of R&D projects poses problems of matching workload with capacity when the size of the R&D department and exploiting capability remain fixed. Potential diseconomies arising from such mismatching are described, and strategies for alleviating such diseconomies are discussed.
  • Keywords
    management science; research and development management; R&D projects; diseconomies; organisation; workload matching; Capacity planning; Educational institutions; Industries; Organizations; Portfolios; Technological innovation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9391
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TEM.1979.6447430
  • Filename
    6447430