Supervisory Skills for the Technical Manager: A Guide to
Success focuses exclusively on the dynamics of being a
technical manager such as a scientist, programmer, or engineer. An
R&D environment demands modified management techniques and this
book explores how to do so.
Drawing of years of experience to provide technical managers
with various tools and ways to apply them in supervisory situation,
this essential title includes exercises, templates and checklists
to accelerate their uses and applications on the job. In
addition, case studies are included throughout to thoroughly
explain and explore the concepts discussed.
Key topics include handing the transition to supervising others
in research and development, the characteristics needed to motivate
personnel in a R&D environment as compared to other areas of
business are detailed. The pitfalls and challenges of
managing technical personnel, how delegating can build an effective
team that can produce superior results, and how to monitor the work
of previously independent personnel are also discussed.
Despre autor
Elizabeth Treher, Ph D, has held technical leader roles in
industry, government, and academia and has more than seventy
publications and patents, including two books: The
Pharmaceutical Business and Strategic Partnering. For
the last twenty years, as CEO of The Learning Key, she has
consulted with technology-based companies to develop curricula to
build managerial and project leadership skills.
David Piltz has over fifteen years’ experience in
training managers and supervisors, both technical and
non-technical. David has developed and designed over seventy-five
modules on communication, management and supervision, facilitation,
and delegation. He has also worked with numerous managers and
executives on increasing their supervisory effectiveness.
Steven Jacobs is a consultant to biotech and
pharmaceutical companies. He trains and coaches international
clinical development teams to avoid and mitigate cultural problems
and delays due to communication and conflict, and has also helped
companies improve clinical supplies team dynamics, process
efficiencies, and overall delivery performance. His senior roles
have included those of COO and CEO.
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