Good Technical Management Practices: A Complete Menu

By James Edward Tingstad

When a scientist becomes a manager, a new set of skills is required to succeed. The job is to motivate, build teams, plan, mentor, organize, strategize, and bring out the best in your people. James Tingstad, author of the Pharmaceutical Technology column, "The Technical Manager," explains how to make the transition from scientist to manager. His case studies, examples, text, and analyses will help you succeed.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1574910868
• ISBN13: 9781574910865
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: CRC Press LLC
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.5" x 1.3" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

A hidden gem

The title is somewhat misleading, since it has little to do with technics, as the author akcnowledges, and a lot with human relationships. It is basically a psychology book. In this sense it explains a philosophy the reader has to absorb and apply to everyday life. Although sometimes it is repetitive, and goes down to a lot of real situations, it is not a recipe cookbook. For this reason its principles can not only be applied to highly educated people, like those in an R+D pharmaceutical department, but to all levels of education, doing the appropriate adjustements. They can also be applied to non business relationships, like friends, spouse and children. And if its claims may sound to the unexperienced reader like fantastic, they are not. They really work. The book is expensive, but worth its price. Do not miss it if you believe that human relationships can be improved to everybody's advantage, and better working environment leads to enhanced productivity. Forget it if you believe that the essence of managing is a long whip.

catchy theme highlights a serious topic

The "menu" and "full-course meal" of the form of this helpful book make a serious topic palatable. The excellent index is an asset, enabling the user to waste no time.