M. Nakano et al., RESEARCH ON HOW TO DEVELOP RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES USING THE SOFT SYSTEMS-APPROACH, International journal of technology management, 14(6-8), 1997, pp. 822-833
To motivate researchers and increase productivity of research and deve
lopment activities in corporate entities, it is necessary to start by
drawing up a R&D strategy. This strategy must be understood and shared
by all researchers so that research and development activities can be
conducted in the direction of that strategy. Using a soft systems app
roach, the authors have developed a method allowing the drawing up of
strategies that can be shared and applied easily. The authors further
suggest means to modify this method to fit the needs of different type
s of companies.