Skill-style-support Analytics
Skill: technical, system admin, management, legal, governance, surveillance, relationship management;
Style: leadership, shared vision, goal setting, intelligent communication protocol, risk assessment and mitigation;
Support : proactive, preventive and reactive support.
The expert panel are also exploring and analyzing skill-style-support for energy security. What should be the innovation model for effective diffusion of solar power technology? Is it possible to adopt K-A-B-C-D-E-T-F model (Ref. : session 1)? The innovatiors should develop different types of skills in technical (e.g. photonics, photovoltaic and renewable energy, power plant, power electronics, electrical and electronics), technology management and system administration such as research and development, maintenance support, knowledge management, system design and project management (e.g. erection, testing and commissioning). The system administrators must have multiple leadership skills such as smart thinking, communication, coordination and change management. The workforce should develop skills through effective knowledge management programmes. An effective knowledge management system supports creation, storage, sharing and application of knowledge in a transparent, collaborative and innovative way. The diffusion of solar power innovation demands the support of effective leadership style. It is really challenging for the project leaders to implement top technology innovations physically and practically. Top management can tackle the complexity of system implementation by developing an efficient team through group dynamics. It is essential to develop skills in development of solar power system through proper coordination among design, supply and customer chain and R&D, production and marketing functions. The basic objectives are to maximize fit with the needs of the users, ensure quality assurance, minimize time to market, sales and distribution and control product development cost. It may be an interesting initiative to make the suppliers and the users involved in the development process.
The workforce involved in solar power trading should develop different types of skills such as research and development, product design, sales, event management, project management, erection, testing, commissioning and service maintenance. An effective innovation model requires the support of a knowledge repository in the form of a digital library which should extract good up-to-date data from top journals and magazines on solar power electronics and solar energy.
What should be the ideal organization model for solar power trading? A traditional functionally centered organization model may be suitable for supporting end-to-end business processes. The business model of solar power requires the support of a functional structure enabled with advanced information and communication technology. The structure should have project, design, power generation, distribution, maintenance, revenue management, human resource management, supply chain management and finance cells. The business model requires a collaborative and cooperative work culture.
Solar technology management is not a trivial simple problem; it is associated with multiple domains such as electrical engineering, power electronics, materials science, structural engineering, physics, photonics, chemistry, nanotechnology and business analytics. A collaborative platform is essential for effective interaction among national and international technical experts and scientists from industry and academic institutions; energy policy makers, consultants, engineers, technicians, strategists, construction professionals, architects, infrastructure project managers, entrepreneurs, traders, venture capitalists, banking and financial institutions, industrial forums and trade fair committees and organizers. The social media, news channels, radio and TV broadcast are expected to play a responsible role for general awareness of the public and government and promotion of the technology globally.
The diffusion of solar power technology demands the support of great leadership style; they are not only industry leaders but also political one. The style is basically the quality of leadership; the leaders must have passion, motivation, commitment, support, coordination, integration and excellent communication skill. The leaders must be able to share a rational vision, mission and values of solar power system among all the stakeholders honestly and appropriately in time. It is really challenging for the great leaders to implement and build solar power system for global energy security. They have to face and tackle threats from traditional industries such as coal, oil and gas, thermal and nuclear power, selfish local bias, power play and politics. They must understand the intelligence of business modeling and system dynamics associated with solar energy, they must exercise fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of global energy trading system. Top management should be able to tackle the complexity of system implementation through a strong project team, right mix of dedicated technical and business experts.