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Brainstorming workshop: Improving the section's effectiveness within the organization

Abstract

In response to changing priorities at Ontario Hydro which led to a reduction in the volume of traditional work, the Mechanical Testing and Development Section of Ontario Hydro's Research Division organized a workshop to discuss ways to adapt to the new situation. Ontario Hydro's priorities have shifted away from building new supply and toward improving nuclear plant availability, demand management and non-utility generation, the environment, and the refurbishment of existing facilities. The Research Division must operate in this environment like a business, since it does not have an exclusively assigned mandate. The division has internal and external competitors, operates under financial and staff restraints, and lacks a plan for the future. Recommendations arising from the workshop discussions are outlined in the areas of promotion, potential work areas, existing work areas, and productivity. Major recommendations include establishing a committee to attract work, providing seed money for new work areas, advertising the Section's services and capabilities, and implementing a Section-wide quality program. 1 fig.
Publication Date:
Apr 28, 1992
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
OH/RD-92-124-K; MICROLOG-93-02905
Reference Number:
CANM-93-0E6042; EDB-93-126052
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; LABORATORIES; ONTARIO; PROPOSALS; RECOMMENDATIONS; CANADA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; NORTH AMERICA; PUBLIC UTILITIES; 290500* - Energy Planning & Policy- Research, Development, Demonstration, & Commercialization; 296000 - Energy Planning & Policy- Electric Power
OSTI ID:
6259485
Research Organizations:
Ontario Hydro, Toronto, ON (Canada). Research Div.
Country of Origin:
Canada
Language:
English
Availability:
PC Ontario Hydro Research Division, Records Clerk, Bldg. KR 107, 800 Kipling Ave., Etobicoke, ON, CAN M8Z 5S4; MF CANMET/TID, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, 555 Booth St., Ottawa, Ont., Canada K1A 0G1 PC
Submitting Site:
CANM
Size:
Pages: (20 p)
Announcement Date:
May 13, 2001

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title = {Brainstorming workshop: Improving the section's effectiveness within the organization}
author = {None}
abstractNote = {In response to changing priorities at Ontario Hydro which led to a reduction in the volume of traditional work, the Mechanical Testing and Development Section of Ontario Hydro's Research Division organized a workshop to discuss ways to adapt to the new situation. Ontario Hydro's priorities have shifted away from building new supply and toward improving nuclear plant availability, demand management and non-utility generation, the environment, and the refurbishment of existing facilities. The Research Division must operate in this environment like a business, since it does not have an exclusively assigned mandate. The division has internal and external competitors, operates under financial and staff restraints, and lacks a plan for the future. Recommendations arising from the workshop discussions are outlined in the areas of promotion, potential work areas, existing work areas, and productivity. Major recommendations include establishing a committee to attract work, providing seed money for new work areas, advertising the Section's services and capabilities, and implementing a Section-wide quality program. 1 fig.}
place = {Canada}
year = {1992}
month = {Apr}
}