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

• Pubblicazione: Weinheim ; ; New York, : Wiley, 2004, c2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (381 p.)
• Disciplina: 506.8; 507.2
• Soggetto topico: Laboratories - Management; Research - Management
• Altri autori: GelèsClaude
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Managing science
• ISBN: 1-281-76434-5; 9786611764340; 3-527-61729-9; 3-527-61730-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830533103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley series in beam physics and accelerator technology.