Professor Oscar Hauptman

• Biography
• Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
• Selected Publications
• Contact Details
  

Biography

Professor Hauptman specialty is management of technological innovation. His research includes management of R&D, technology based entrepreneurship, technology strategy, planning and forecasting, and the role of technology and knowledge in operations and new product development.

His PhD is from Sloan School of Management, MIT, BEng and MSc from the Technion. His academic appointments include Harvard Business School, Carleton University, and Melbourne Business School. He held visiting positions in Singapore Management University, the Technion, University of Cape Town, IMD, University of St Joseph Macau, and KIMEP Kazakhstan. He published articles in international journals, book chapters, and case studies for Harvard Business School.

He served on editorial boards of international journals, including Organization Science, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and Technological Forecasting and Social Change, and was chair of the Technology and Innovation Management Division, Academy of Management. He was managing director of a high-technology incubator in Israel and president of several boutique consulting firms specializing in high-technology management. He conducted numerous international professional training seminars and consulting projects, including UNIDO (Thailand), National Cheng-Chi University (Taiwan), Polaroid , Intel, Port of Singapore Authority, Tata Motors, Tenix Defence Systems, International Wool Secretariat, ICI Explosives, MARDI (Malaysia), Intel and MedSim (Israel), and Schmidt Vietnam.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Management of R&D; Management of Technical Professionals; Technology-based Entrepreneurship; Technology Strategy and Forecasting; Management of New Product Development; Project Management; Operations Management

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Selected Publications

Books/Chapters

Tan, W.L., and Hauptman, O., Case: "TREK 2000", in Kao, W.Y., Kao, R. and Yang, J., An Entrepreneurial Approach to Corporate Management, (2nd edition), Prentice-Hall, 2005, 240-243.

Tan, W.L., and Hauptman, O., Case: "Popular E-Learning", in Kao, W.Y., Kao, R., and Yang, J., An Entrepreneurial Approach to Corporate Management, (2nd edition), Prentice-Hall, 2005, 279-280

Mann, L., Hauptman, O., Marshall, R., and Dunning, J. "Managing in Tough Times," in Leon Mann (editor), Leadership, Management and Innovation in R&D Project Teams, Praeger, 2005.

Hauptman, O., "Managing Engineering Projects," in Samson, D. (editor), Management for Engineers (3rd edition), Pearson Education, 2000.

Cebon, P., and Hauptman, O., "High-Technology Entrepreneurship and Management of Technological Innovation," in Samson, D. (editor), Management for Engineers (3rd edition), Pearson Education, 2000.

Allen, T.J., and Hauptman, O., 1994. "The Influence of Communication Technologies on Organizational Structure in Research and Development," in Allen, T.J. and Scott-Morton, M.S., Information Technology and the Corporation of the 1990s, New York: Oxford University Press, 475-483

Allen, T.J., and Hauptman, O., 1990. "The Substitution of Communication Technologies for Organizational Structure in Research and Development," in Fulk, J. and Steinfield, C.W., Organizations and Communication Technology, Berkeley, CA: SAGE, 275-294

Articles in International Refereed Journals

Cebon, P., Hauptman, O., and Shekhar, C., 2008. "Modularity and the product lifecycle," Special Issue on Modularity, International Journal of Technology Management, 42, 4, 365-386

Hauptman, O., and Hirji, K.K., 1999. "Managing Integration and Coordination in Cross-functional Teams: An International Study of Concurrent Engineering Product Development," R&D Management, 29, 2, 179-191

Hauptman, O., and Hirji, K.K., 1996. "The Influence of Process Concurrency on Project Outcomes in Product Development: An Empirical Study of Cross-Functional Teams," Special Issues on Concurrent Engineering, IEEE Transactions in Engineering Management, EM-43, 2, 153-164

Hauptman, O., and Pope, S.L., 1992. "The Process of Applied Technology Forecasting: A Study of Executive Analysis, Anticipation, and Planning," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 42, 2, 193-211

Tyre, M.J., and Hauptman, O., 1992. "Effectiveness of Organizational Responses to Technological Change in the Production Process," Organization Science, 3, 3, 301-320.

1992 Hauptman, O., "Making Communication Work", Prism, 2, 2, 71-81
Hauptman, O., 1992. "MBAs Meet Industrial Design: Integrating Design with Technology and Operations Management," Design Management Journal, 3, summer, 55-60.

Hauptman, O., 1990. "The Different Roles of Communication in Software Development and Hardware R&D: Phenomenological Paradox or Atheoretical Empiricism?" Journal of Engineering and Technology Management, 7, 1, 49-71

Hauptman, O., and Roberts, E.B., 1987. "FDA Regulation of Product Risk and the Growth of Young Biomedical Firms, Journal of Product Innovation Management, 4, 2, 138-148

Roberts, E.B., and Hauptman, O., 1987. "The Financing Threshold Effect on Success and Failure of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Start-ups," Management Science, 33, 3, 381-394

Roberts, E.B., and Hauptman, O., 1986. "The Process of Technology Transfer to the Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Start-ups," Research Policy, 15, 3, 107-119

Hauptman, O., 1986. "Influence of Task Type on the Relation between Communication and Performance: The Case of Software Development," R&D Management, 16, 2, 127-139

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