(651) INTRODUCTION OF THE PROCESS “INNOVATION MANAGEMENT” IN THE PROCESS MAP OF A MATERIALS SCIENCE RESEARCH GROUP: INFLUENCE ON THE FORMATION OF DOCTORATES

摘要

Innovation, both as a field of study and as a practical discipline, has gained considerable traction overthe past 15 years. In fact, as organizations become broader and more complex, the need for asystematic approach to new product, service or business development techniques strengthensaccordingly. This idea (by Oana-Maria Pop, Senior Editor of Innovation Management) can beextended to university research groups in which innovation is a crucial point: especially for thedoctorates formation.In this context, it is similar worth noticing that similar to the worldwide ISO, at the European level,Brussels-based CEN (the European Committee for Standardization) is the solely recognizedorganization for the planning drafting and adoption of European Standards in all major areas ofbusiness except electro-technology and telecommunications. Concretely, on July, 2013, waspublished the UNE-CEN/TS 16555-1:2013, the European Standard for Innovation Management.This Technical Specification provides guidance on establishing and maintaining an innovationmanagement system (IMS). It is applicable to all public and private organisations regardless of sector,type or size. This document provides guidance on: understanding the context of the organisation;;establishing the leadership and commitment of top management;;planning for innovation success;;identifying and fostering innovation enablers/driving factors;;developing the innovation managementprocess;;evaluating and improving the performance of the innovation management system;;andunderstanding and using innovation management techniques.By using this document, organisations can increase their awareness of the value of an IMS, establishsuch a system, expand their capacity for innovation, and ultimately generate more value for theorganisation and its interested parties. Since the innovation management system outlined in thisdocument follows the PDCA structure (plan-do-check-act), so it can be integrated within otherstandardised business management systems existing in the organisations.In this context, EIDOS, a Materials Science research group (UPV/EHU, University of the BasqueCountry), has been building its own management style inspired by the EFQM model. In fact, we haveidentified the formation of the doctorates as a key process, and the technology and equipmentsmanagement as an auxiliary process related to it. Now, the standard UNE-CEN/TS 16555-1:2013 hasmade us substitute the later one, by a new process: innovation management. It is one the latestimprovement actions implemented by EIDOS in order to get better results, in accordance with theEFQM spirit of excellence. Thus, this work presents the introduction of the process “Innovationmanagement” in our process map, and its connection to the formation of doctorates.