Managing Science
Wiley-VCH Publishers Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-471-18508-6 (ISBN)
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A unique "how-to" manual for the management of scientific laboratories
This book presents a complete set of tools for the management of research and development laboratories and projects. With an emphasis on knowledge rather than profit as a measure of output and performance, the authors apply standard management principles and techniques to the needs of high-flux, open-ended, separately funded science and technology enterprises. They also propose the novel idea that failure, and incipient failure, is an important measure of an organization's potential.
From the management of complex, round-the-clock, high-tech operations to strategies for long-term planning, Managing Science: Management for R&D Laboratories discusses how to build projects with the proper research and development, obtain and account for funding, and deal with rapidly changing technologies, facilities, and trends. The entire second part of the book is devoted to personnel issues and the impact of workplace behavior on the various functions of a knowledge-based organization.
Drawing on four decades of involvement with the management of scientific laboratories, the authors thoroughly illustrate their philosophy with real-world examples from the physics field and provide tables and charts. Managers of scientific laboratories as well as scientists and engineers expecting to move into management will find Managing Science: Management for R&D Laboratories an invaluable practical guide.
CLAUDE GELÈS (retired) was a technical manager at CERN (European Laboratory for Particle Physics). GILLES LINDECKER is Head of Strategic Planning at CERN. MEL MONTH, PhD, is a scientist and educator at Brookhaven National Laboratory. CHRISTIAN ROCHE, PhD, was formerly Associate Director for Forecasting and Planning at CERN.
About the Authors vii
Preface xi
Introduction xvii
Part 1 The Management Structures 1
1 Raisons d'Ȇtre 3
2 Institutions and Decision-Making Systems 27
3 Organization and Communication 45
4 Policy Implementation 63
5 Project Methodology and Management 91
6 Infrastructure 113
7 Human Resources Management 135
8 Financial Statements157
9 Cost Assessment and Management173
10 Logistics 191
11 General Services 199
12 Supply Chain 225
Part II The Human Drama 249
13 The Psychosocial Life 251
Case Study: The Failure Mode 275
14 Performance 279
15 Knowledge 297
16 Money 311
17 Judgment 319
Case Study: Planning and Serendipity 330
18 Epilogue: A Summary of the Nature of the Origins of Stagnation and Failure 339
Selected References 343
Index 349
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.11.1999 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Wiley Series in Beam Physics and Accelerator Technology |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 851 g |
| Themenwelt | Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-471-18508-6 / 0471185086 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-471-18508-6 / 9780471185086 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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