Managing science : management for R&D laboratories
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.
Print Book, English, cop. 2000
John Wiley & Sons, New York [etc.], cop. 2000
xix, 359 p. : gràf. ; 25 cm
9780471185086, 0471185086
1120594047
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