2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A study on formation of commercialization mind & career transition of R & D professionals

Research Project

Project/Area Number	15530269
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Business administration
Research Institution	Meisei University
Principal Investigator	TAJI Noriko Meisei University, Informatics, Associate Professor, 情報学部, 助教授 (00322587)
Project Period (FY)	2003 – 2004
Keywords	Career / R & D Professionals / technological orientation / managerial orientation
Research Abstract	Research carried out on the career orientations of R & D professionals has conventionally utilized two categories, managerial orientation and technical orientation, which draw on surveys carried out in the United States. However, in Japan, technical orientation is divided into the research and engineering categories, with research referring to a fundamental quest for the true nature of issues that may or may not lead to financial profit, while engineering denotes research carried out to develop practical technologies or product commercialization. Moreover, because mid-career professionals often take on both the managerial duties associated with project maintenance and technical R & D, it is rare to find professionals who have a purely managerial orientation. A new concept has therefore been derived to replace managerial orientation, which this study refers to as organizational orientation.

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