Course Syllabus

Course Information：

Year-Semester	Course Number	Course Name	Phase	Credits	Hours	Required/Elective	Instructor	Class	Student NO.	Withdraw	Note
Fall Semester Year 2025	349852	R&D Management	1	3.0	3	★	Po-Hsuan Chen	GBM	13	0

Course Plan：

Instructor	Po-Hsuan Chen　Office Hours
Email	phc@ntut.edu.tw
Last Updated	2025-06-21 11:46:39
Course Objective	本課程旨在介紹有效研發/創新管理的概念、原則、與標準，這些概念、原則與標準將成為知識密集型的組織與企業的關鍵競爭優勢。本課程將介紹一些相關企業個案和練習活動，用以連結國家、產業和企業的研發或創新活動，並選定方法和工具進行有效的整合功能、企業業務、研發和創新活動。 This course is intended to introduce the concepts, principles, and standards for effective R&D/innovation management that is becoming the critical competitive advantages for the knowledge-intensive organizations and firms. The course will introduce a number of related cases and exercises with a view to bridge the national, industrial and corporate R&D/innovation activities, along with the presentation of selected approaches, methods and tools to effectively integrate functional, business and corporate R&D and innovation activities as a whole.
Course Schedule	Week 1: Course introduction & grouping Week 2: (1)The trends and scope of R&D management Week 3: (2)The generation of R&D management & open innovation Week 4: (3)R&D planning and road mapping Week 5: (4)Industrial dynamics of R&D Week 6: (5)R&D Strategy, outsourcing and alliance Week 7: (6)Invited talk-High tech and R&D oriented Week 8: (7)Globalization of R&D Week 9: (8)Design R&D organization and team work Week 10: (9)Field trip-Giant Company Week 11: (10)New product/service development Week 12: (11)Managing R&D professionals Week 13: (12)R&D project selection and portfolio Week 14: (13)R&D performance and evaluation Week 15: (14)Business model innovation Week 16:(15) Case discussion Week 17:(15) Case discussion Week 18:Final Project
Evaluation and grading policy	1. Class participation: 10% 2. Case/ Exercise/ Reading: 30% (Select two from Case/ Exercise/ Reading for each group, at least one Case.) 3. Midterm Exam: 20% 4. Final Project: 40%
Materials	All right reserved. Do not reproduce without permission. Foreign-language textbooks:Yes Textbook  Miller, W. and Morris, L. (1999), 4TH Generation R&D: Managing Knowledge, Technology and Innovation, John Wiley and Sons: New York. [M&M] References  Christensen, C. (2003), The innovator’s dilemma: The revolutionary book that will change the way you do business, Boston, MA: HBS Press.  Chesbrough, C. (2005), Open innovation: The new imperative for creating and profiting from innovation, Boston, MA: HBS Press.  Christensen, C. (2003) The innovator’s dilemmas: The revolutionary book that will change the way you do business, HarperCollins.  Selected cases and articles
The access to curricular consultation	Please contact the lecturer and make an appointment with Prof. Chen (phc@ntut.edu.tw)
Expanding teaching and resources
The course corresponds to the SDGs	SDG4：優質教育（Quality Education） SDG7：可負擔的潔淨能源（Affordable and Clean Energy） SDG8：尊嚴就業與經濟發展（Decent Work and Economic Growth） SDG9：產業創新與基礎設施（Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure） SDG12：負責任的消費與生產（Responsible Consumption and Production） SDG17：夥伴關係（Partnerships for the Goals）
Does the course incorporate AI	● 使用生成式AI作為教學過程的輔助工具（Use generative AI tools as an aid to the teaching process） ● 鼓勵學生使用生成式AI工具（Encourage students to use generative AI tools）
Note	Please feel free to contact instructor.