Lab Leadership
Professor Steve Woolgar of the Said Business School has been awarded the prestigious J. D. Bernal Prize by the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S).
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Join Editor-in-Chief Pam Ahlberg every Friday as she comments on the top stories, research trends, technology breakthroughs and other developments impacting commercial, government, R&D and academic laboratory managers.
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Welcome to the Lab Manager Magazine web site. Beginning today, I will be using this part of the site to regularly comment on industry trends and events, update you on product, research and event news, point out new features and functions of the site,
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Delegation is not just telling someone what to do. The team members you delegate to must be able to act fully in your absence. This means letting them think and decide for themselves. Fully empower people to act independently.
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Like any walk of life, management can be a satisfying endeavor. Sometimes you just need reminding of how to do it.
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The business manager for Syntrix Biosystems (Auburn, WA) was charged with defrauding the National Institutes of Health and the National Cancer Institute out of federal grant money that was supposed to be used for drug and cancer research.
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An interview with Rachel Wilson, Ph.D., assistant professor of neurobiology, Harvard Medical School.
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Strategic outsourcing of noncore activities can maximize resources while increasing the quality of products and services.
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Each stage of development has its challenges, but the rewards are success and ease in the role of manager.
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This year's survey paints a generally happy picture, with the majority of lab managers saying that they are satisfied with their salaries and the work they do.
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The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has announced a substantial gift from the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Foundation to endow a bilateral scientific forum to be operated jointly by NAS and the Royal Society in London.
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Instead of using gut feel or other haphazard means, Lyndsay Swinton (Management for the Rest of Us, www.mftrou.com) suggests using Kurt Lewins Force Field Analysis as simple yet effective method to improve your decision making ability.
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