02872cam a2200325 a 4500 1693242 BD-DhUL 20161211175646.0 970328s1998 maua b 001 0 eng 97010776 087584765X alkaline paper 0875847935 alkaline paper 1693242 TOC eng TOC TOC BD-DhUL T175.5 .M334 1998 607.2 21 MAS Matheson, David 1963- The smart organization : creating value through strategic R&D / David Matheson and Jim Matheson. Boston, Mass : Harvard Business School Press, c1998. xi, 292 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-284) and index. Ch. 1. Being Smart -- Ch. 2. Decision Quality -- Ch. 3. The Six Dimensions of Decision Quality -- Ch. 4. Best Practices for R&D Decisions -- Ch. 5. Implementing Best Practices -- Ch. 6. Organizational Principles -- Ch. 7. The Nine Principles of Smart R&D -- Ch. 8. Organizational IQ -- Ch. 9. Technology Strategy -- Ch. 10. R&D Portfolio Strategy -- Ch. 11. Project Strategy -- Ch. 12. The Smart Organization. The Smart Organization brings new perspective to management decision making throughout the organization. It identifies the key practices that enable successful organizations to deliver a stream of winning products and services. Smart organizations, say the Mathesons, have internalized nine interlocking principles essential in creating corporate cultures that emphasize making the right strategic decisions at the right time. They use best practices to support these decisions and sustain their success. These principles - among them, embracing uncertainty, disciplined decision making, and value creation culture - enable companies to make appropriate choices about their R&D planning, portfolio management, and product strategies. Drawing on the experiences of R&D-intensive organizations all over the globe, the authors illustrate the book with best practice examples from companies like Hewlett-Packard, 3M, Merck, Procter & Gamble, DuPont, Monsanto, and AT&T. They stress the importance of evaluating tradeoffs, investigating alternatives, and getting buy-in across functions to ensure that decisions will be viable from both the technological and the managerial perspective. They show how managers can apply these methods more broadly to create a smart organization. The Mathesons clearly demonstrate that changing the decision-making process is an efficient means of reforming culture and improving not just R&D but overall company performance. Research, Industrial Management. Strategic planning Decision making. Value added. Matheson, James E. ddc BK 134078 134078 0 0 ddc 0 607_200000000000000_MAS 0 NFIC 251896 DUL DUL GEN 2016-12-11 Purchased 607.2 MAS 400978 2016-12-11 1 2016-12-11 BK 0 0 ddc 0 607_200000000000000_MAS 0 NFIC 251897 DUL DUL GEN 2016-12-11 Purchased 607.2 MAS 401020 2016-12-11 2 2016-12-11 BK