Understanding Business
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781259929434
Author: William Nickels
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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As described in the textbook, all of the following statements about R&D are true except:
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The R&D plan is where specific engineering activities are defined, and then matched to the personnel, resources, and timelines necessary to achieve them
b.
Each R&D milestone should be broken down into the key technical challenges that must be overcome to achieve it
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The process of achieving R&D milestones is iterative, not linear
d.
R&D planning is one of the few activities within the biodesign innovation process that can be driven within a single function (i.e., engineering) rather than managed with cross-functional involvement
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Meaning of single function:
Single function refers to specific function such as engineering it takes the lead in driving an activity.
It means that R&D plan and process of achieving milestone would be solely managed and executed by engineering department without involvement or input from other department with organization
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