Session: #167 - Disruptive Innovation and Other Topics in Technical Management (05000)


Tuesday, November 6, 2007: 8:30 AM-11:00 AM
Room 260 (Salt Palace Convention Center)
Management Division (05)
#167 - Disruptive Innovation and Other Topics in Technical Management (05000)
Clayton Christensen's books beginning with THE INNOVATOR'S DILEMMA have made disruptive innovation a hot topic in many companies. This session will focus on how this type of innovation and be encouraged and managed to bring new growth to both small and large companies. Topics can include both how a company can disrupt a market and how established companies can defend their markets against disrutption. The session will also include papers describing new educational approaches for technical management and a paper on safety in technical management.
Chair:	Tom Mildenhall
CoChair:	Jack Hipple
8:30 AM		Welcoming Remarks
8:35 AM	167a	Patent Strategies to Generate/Manage Disprutive Innovation Neal Seth
9:10 AM	167b	Work Processes and People Excellence: The Last Competitive Advantages in the Chemical Industry C. Delia Contreras, Fabio Bravo
9:45 AM	167c	Business Plans, Investment Planning Models and Financial Risk in Che Capstone Design Classes Miguel J. Bagajewicz
10:20 AM	167d	Demand Modes for Safety Instrumented Functions Iwan VanBeurden, Rachel Amkreutz, Chris O'Brien
10:55 AM		Concluding Remarks

Management Division (05)