Gelès, Claude / Lindecker, Gilles / Month, Mel / Roche, Christian Managing Science Management for R&D Laboratories Wiley Series in Beam Physics and Accelerator Technology
1. Edition - November 1999 119.- Euro 1999. XIX, 359 Pages, Hardcover 78 Fig. - Handbook/Reference Book - ISBN-10: 0-471-18508-6 ISBN-13: 978-0-471-18508-6 - Wiley-VCH, Berlin
Short description This "how-to" manual covers management issues important for managers of scientific laboratories as well as scientists and engineers expecting to move into management. Based on course material from Mel Month's US Particle Accelerator School, this useful resource is further bolstered by the participation of the coauthors who provide examples from their work at CERN, the European high-energy physics laboratory.
From the contents THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES.
Raisons d'Être.
Institutions and Decision-Making Systems.
Organization and Communications.
Policy Implementation.
Project Methodology and Management.
Infrastructure.
Human Resources Management.
Financial Statements.
Cost Assessment and Management.
Logistics.
General Services.
Supply Chain.
THE HUMAN DRAMA.
The Psycho-Social Life Case Study: The Failure Mode.
Performance.
Knowledge.
Money.
Judgment Case Study: Planning and Serendipity.
Epilogue: A Summary of the Nature of the Origins of Stagnation and Failure.
