Forty-year evolution of engineering research: a case study of DuPont´s engineering research and development

Author

Titus, George J.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Bus. & Manage., Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA

Volume

41

Issue

4

fYear

1994

fDate

11/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

350

Lastpage

354

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to explore and map out the historical developments in the management of engineering research and development (ER&D) at the DuPont company since the early 1950s. A brief survey of the early efforts of organizing for R&D at DuPont and subsequent industry background are given to get a perspective on the company. The restructuring of R&D organization and the engineering R&D, in particular, are critical to understand the developments that lead to the changes in ER&D, in terms of its leadership role in the overall research functions, and its vision of the future. The data were acquired through extensive interviews with and company documents from various department managers and directors in DuPont

Keywords

history; research and development management; DuPont; R&D organization restructuring; engineering R&D restructuring; engineering research; engineering research and development; historical developments; Chemical engineering; Computer aided software engineering; Data engineering; Energy management; Engineering management; Executive Committee; Plastics industry; Research and development; Research and development management; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9391

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/17.364558

Filename

364558