Lab Dynamics: Management Skills for Scientists - Hardcover

Cohen, Carl M.; COHEN, SUZANNE L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0879697415 ISBN 13: 9780879697419

Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2005

Synopsis

Scientists are trained in scholarship and technical skills but not, typically, in how to deal with their peers, supervisors, or staff who report to them. Yet even a first-rate research project can fail or flounder if the people concerned can’t get along. Lab Dynamics is a book about the challenges of doing science and dealing with the individuals involved, including oneself. The authors, a scientist and a psychotherapist, draw on principles of group and behavioral psychology but speak to scientists in their own language. They offer in-depth, practical advice, real-life examples, and exercises tailored to scientific and technical workplaces on topics as diverse as conflict resolution, negotiation, dealing with supervision, working with competing peers, and making transitions between academia and industry. This book addresses a subject of direct importance to lab heads, postdocs, students, and managers concerned about improving the effectiveness of academic and industrial research.

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Review:

...appeal[s] to a range of scientists from beginning trainees to seasoned professionals...in settings ranging from industry, government, or academia... -Dr. M. D. Lairmore, The Ohio State University --Veterinary Pathology

About this edition

• Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0879697415
• ISBN 13: 9780879697419
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 177