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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019714203321

Titolo

Managing science : management for R&D Laboratories / / Claude Geles ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Weinheim ; ; New York, : Wiley, 2004, c2000

ISBN

9786611764340

9781281764348

1281764345

9783527617296

3527617299

9783527617302

3527617302

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (381 p.)

Collana

Wiley series in beam physics and accelerator technology

Altri autori (Persone)

GelesClaude

Disciplina

506.8

507.2

Soggetti

Laboratories - Management

Research - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Wiley-Interscience publication."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-348) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Managing Science Management for R&D Laboratories; Contents; About the Authors; Preface; Introduction; Part I The Management Structures; 1 Raisons d'Être; 2 Institutions and Decision-Making Systems; 3 Organization and Communication; 4 Policy Implementation; 5 Project Methodology and Management; 6 Infrastructure; 7 Human Resources Management; 8 Financial Statements; 9 Cost Assessment and Management; 10 logistics; 11 General Services; 12 Supply Chain; Part II The Human Drama; 13 The Psychosocial life; Case Study: The Failure Mode; 14 Performance; 15 Knowledge; 16 Money; 17 Judgment

Case Study: Planning and Serendipity18 Epilogue: A Summary of the Nature of the Origins of Stagnation and Failure; Selected References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A unique ""how-to"" manual for the management of scientific laboratoriesThis 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 c