Abstract
The purpose of this study is to clarify what organizational behavior is suitable for research and development activities in the pharma industry as well as what kind of the human resource management promotes such behavior. Though there has been considerable research on R & D in the pharma industry, few studies have been conducted on the research personnel and/or human resource management of them.
The present study searches out the R & D strategies, HRM policies, and types of organizational behavior of the researchers that achieve innovative results. At the same time, the study verifies whether or not there might be a strategy, an HRM policy and a type of organizational behavior which are specific to the pharma industry.
A survey was conducted on 700 manufacturers which are listed on the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It was revealed that“an innovation/quality strategy”,“a transparent and fair HRM policy”, and“self-reliant behavior”are the main factors to deliver innovative products in research and development activities.
Suitability analyses of the factors suggested that the more suitable the strategy and the organizational behavior, the more innovative output tends to be produced. Moreover, a bio strategy and an innovative reward system were found to be common features of the pharma industry.
