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Research and Development Management in the Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry 2nd, Completely Revised and Extended Edition
Author(s): Peter Bamfield (Author)
- Publisher: Wiley VCH
- Publication Date: 18 July 2003
- Edition: 2nd, Completely Revised and Extended
- Language: English
- Print length: 280 pages
- ISBN-10: 9783527306671
- ISBN-13: 3527306676
Book Description
“Research & Development Management in the Chemical Industry” is designed to help guide younger research and development chemists to quickly evolve skills which are built around three factors: time, knowledge and people.
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From the Back Cover
Mastering management skills is hard to achieve by newcomers starting their careers in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. The message coming from there is that good scientists swiftly have to become good managers if they are to survive and progress in today s competitive climate.
This book is designed to help guide younger R & D chemists to ways in which they can quickly evolve skills which are built around three factors people, knowledge and time. It covers the management of scientific personnel, management within a variety of R & D organizational structures, creating a climate of innovation, the management of projects including the time management and communication aspects of the job.
This second edition of the book has been revised, updated and extended to take recent global developments and restructuring in the chemical industry into account.
About the Author
Peter Bamfield, formerly an R&D manager with ICI and Astrazeneca, is now working as a consultant. He is a tutor on the MSc in Chemical Management Course at the University of Strathclyde, and author of a recent book on colour chemistry.
