Lab Dynamics: Management Skills for Scientists. Carl M. Cohen and Suzanne L. Cohen. Woodbury, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2005, 176 pp., $59.00, hardcover. ISBN 0-87969-741-5.

摘要

As scientists, we are adept at optimizing efficiency and performance in our experimental methods, technology development, analytical and numerical models, and business systems, but we are often blind to the huge impact that social dynamics and inadequate interpersonal skills have on our time and effort, staff retention, collaboration, and interaction with management. Lab Dynamics is a highly understandable and practical book that equips the reader with the basics for developing the requisite “soft skills” that can significantly enhance technical productivity and promote career satisfaction and advancement.The authors speak from experience and authority, one being a scientist and leader from academia and the private sector, and the other a professional psychologist. Accompanying each chapter are relevant case studies, exercises, and experiments drawn from the authors’ personal experiences in …