BTEC 675 - Innovation and Improvisation in Research and Development

(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Description: This course prepares the student for the research and development sector. The student develops creative problem-solving abilities and other skills necessary for innovative approaches in managing research and development units. The resolution of conflicts between Research and Development, manufacturing, and marketing in a high technology firm are studied. The student explores various coping strategies, ways to maintaining entrepreneurial spirit and encourage innovation as the company develops into a formal administrative organization, identify R &D issues and strategies to resolve them. Mass production techniques such as Just-In-Time, On-Job Training and Total Quality Management to the real world of high technology Research & Development (R&D) are studied. As a team project for the course, the student identifies and develops solutions to practical problems or market needs for a hypothetical scenario.