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Special Interest Group on Human (F)Actor in Innovation: Whither Middle Managers ?

02.12.2011
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This Special Interest Group meeting will be held in Paris at Novotel Vaugirard.

Summary

This Special Interest Group (SIG-V) is dedicated to exploring the Human (F)Actor in Innovation. Despite the development of ever more refined management processes, many organisations find it extremely difficult to make a significant change in their innovation capability. Where in the organisation are the bottlenecks and barriers that hinder innovation from happening?   Do they come from our management of People rather than our choice of Processes?  What opportunities might this present?

This third meeting will look in particular at the scope for effectively aligning middle managers to be a prime part of the solution, and not the bottleneck. Their empowerment by senior managers, and in turn their engagement of their direct reports will be a critical discussion. Not least we will wish to explore whether radical changes in such management roles are changing this landscape.

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Issues addressed

  • Scope out how the existing knowledge of human and organisational psychologies could be applied to innovation management
  • Identify the emotional and behavioural elements that are critical for successful innovation in organisations and locate the best tools for their assessment
  • Explore the issues of passion, power, and motivation
  • Discuss how to fuse organisational and individual values, beliefs, and models to contribute to an enhancement of innovation
  • Debate how to manage a “real” behaviour change in the organization
  • Build a portfolio of new tools for innovation managers that address the human (f)actors

Target Audience

The objective of the Special Interest Group is to gather together R&D and Innovation experts, managers and directors who wish to share and work on these challenges on a more regular or continuous basis typically two meetings per year and informal teleconferencing when necessary.
This third meeting will work on one of the themes that emerged from the discussions amongst the participants at the inaugural meeting in October 2010.

Chairman

Dr. Phil Gamlen, Senior Fellow in Executive Education, Manchester Business School

To Register

Detailed Preliminary Programme

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If you wish to participate to this event, please complete the registration form as soon as possible but certainly before 6 October 2011.

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The room rate per night is €190, 00 including breakfast, to be paid directly to the hotel.
EIRMA will book accommodation as required on behalf of participants.

Event's fee: 480.00€

The meeting registration fee covers the cost of meeting facilities, refreshments, dinner and lunches.


For payment by card, please communicate your card number, security code and expiry date to EIRMA in advance of the meeting.

We prefer payment by bank transfers but can also accept credit card (Visa, MasterCard or American Express) and cheques provided this is at no cost to the Association. All delegates will receive confirmation letters, including an invoice or receipt as appropriate.

Account N 000 1034 1701
Crédit Industriel et Commercial - 34, avenue Marceau - F 75008 Paris
Code Banque 30066 - Code guichet 10481 - Clé 46 - Domiciliation Paris Marceau
IBAN: FR 76 3006 6104 8100 0103 4170 146 - BIC:CMCIFRPP

For any further information, please contact Ms. Anne-Laure Tanguy at EIRMA.
Tel.: +33 (0)1 53 23 83 13 - Fax.: +33 (0)1 47 20 05 30 - mailto:altanguyeirma.asso.fr

 

Please give as much notice as possible if you are obliged to cancel. We will refund the registration fee for cancellations received 72 hours before the meeting. Unfortunately we have no control over the hotel’s cancellation policy and you may be required to make full payment for cancelled rooms that remain unused.
Names may be substituted at any time without charge.

participants

  • Dr Angelo Beati (AREVA NP)
  • Mr Thierry Bouissou (INOVA)
  • Dr Michael Butler (Aston Business School)
  • Mr Luke Collins (Journalist and Corporate Writer)
  • Dr Phil Gamlen (Manchester Business School)
  • Mr Frank Rose (the commitment company)
  • Ms Camille Roy (EIRMA)
  • Ms Marjolein Selis (DSM)
  • Ms Anne-Laure Tanguy-Boch (EIRMA)

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