TITLE:
Seven Stimuli to Identify Opportunities of Innovation: A Practice of Training Innovative Engineers and Some Findings in China
AUTHORS:
Runhua Tan
KEYWORDS:
Training Innovative Engineers; Knowledge System; Interactive Training Model; Seven Stimuli
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Industrial and Business Management,
Vol.3 No.8,
December
24,
2013
ABSTRACT: To transfer knowledge to companies by
training engineers is directly related to identifying opportunities of
innovation. This paper introduces the knowledge system of four levels and an interactive
training model for innovative engineers. Training outputs of two classes as cases
are analyzed in order to find some factors to affect the training activities. Seven
stimuli to identify opportunities of innovation, which are implied in the
knowledge system and the training process, are concluded from many face-to-face
discussions with the engineers joining our classes. The application of the
stimuli is also described, which should be applied in the future training
process to improve the possibility to identify opportunities of innovation for
innovative engineers.