Tailored Internal Communication Strategies for the Life Science Shared Resource

摘要

In the life-science laboratory management setting, there is a constant need to address the question, “what can make us better?” Although there are many variables that can be examined, a review of internal-communication practices can identify areas of opportunity. People in a shared-resource management position have a number of levels of communication responsibilities: communication with the organization's highest-level administration, with individual core facilities, with the users of the shared resource, with peers in academia and industry, and with direct reports. The description and application of internal-communication strategies in the life-science research setting, tailored from the internal strategies originally described by Downs & Adrian in Assessing Organizational Communication (2004), are presented along with ideas for approaches fostering innovation.