Management for Scientists - by Robert B Mellor (Paperback)

About the Book

Management for Scientists explores the core theories and practices in management studies today in a context applicable to those working in the scientific industries. Chapters feature a range of real-world examples presented by experienced scientists with strategic and economic business expertise.

Book Synopsis

Management for Scientists explores the core theories and practices in management studies today in a context applicable to those working in the scientific industries. Chapters feature a range of real-world examples presented by experienced scientists with strategic and economic business expertise.

Review Quotes

Scholars mostly of science but also of business offer advice to people trained as scientists who find themselves in, or seek out, companies or other situations in which the must, or can, manage other scientists. Among their topics are theory of the firm and the law, organizational structures for technology firms, information and knowledge governance, change management: the organization as a micro-macro system, online resources for biologists, management in life sciences, and agile methods for engineering.--Annotation (c)2019 "(protoview.com)"

About the Author

Robert B. Mellor is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Kingston University, UK. He is the author of numerous books, both on computer programming and innovation and entrepreneurship. His most recent titles include Knowledge Management and Information Systems Strategy for Growing Organizations (2011), Entrepreneurship for Everyone (2008) and Achieving Enterprise: Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Business and Academia (2006).