Management for Scientists - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1787692043 ISBN 13: 9781787692046

Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019

Synopsis

Scientific progress - from creating better medicines tobuilding better bridges or designing improved technology networks - can lead tointriguing business opportunities, but business expertise is not always anatural companion to scientific excellence. Scientists require a nuancedunderstanding of the modern business environment to successfully navigate thecommercial world and maximise the economic potential of their ideas.

Management forScientists explores the core theories and practices in management studiestoday in a context applicable to those working in the scientific industries.Essential business concepts covered include corporate strategy and businessplanning, organisation structure, management and operations, and labour andhuman resources, and these are all viewed through the prism of building,maintaining and developing a scientific business in the pharmaceutical,biotechnology, engineering, maths, and computing sectors.

Chapters feature a range of real-world examples from modernscience-driven businesses, presented by experienced scientists withdemonstrated strategic and economic business expertise.

About this title

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).

Edition details

• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1787692043
• ISBN 13: 9781787692046
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: Mellor Robert B.