Decision-Making & Planning
Strategic outsourcing of noncore activities can maximize resources while increasing the quality of products and services.
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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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The Laboratory Products Association has published its 2008 North American Survey of Laboratory Purchasing Trends. Despite the tight economy, the lab products market does not seem to be adversely impacted at the moment. Hiring of lab personnel is increasing as is spending in all product categories.
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Comprising the infrastructure for the Information Age, cyberinfrastructure the organized aggregate of information technologies, organizations, and human resources is essential for future research advancement and discovery.
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Here are three principles to help managers climb the strategic summit.
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New research shows that as more scholarly and research journals are available online, researchers cite fewer, newer papers
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While working with a customers project manager, preparing to create the plan for their upcoming LIMS project, I was asked how we know how much to put into the first phase so we could meet the project deadline. My answer was that we could put as littl
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Strategic planning concerns anything that will bring results in anything from 1 year to 5 years or beyond. Its good management practice to raise your head above the daily grind every now and then, and take action now to positively affect your future.
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Your great research or business idea won't be implemented unless you convince your supervisor, co-workers, and funding sponsors that it is feasible and will be profitable.
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Part 1 of this two-part series told the history of the laboratory response network-chemical, whose goal is to create a partnership between CDC and state public health labs to improve the public health response to a large-scale chemical exposure incident. Part 2 reviews the process of creating the network and its inherent successes and modifications.
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Employing contingent workers offers laboratories staffing flexibility without long-term commitments.
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Managers need not throw darts blindy when making decisions about promotions into managerial posts.
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