Leading science: staying informed without micromanaging (achieving and keeping the balance)
✍ Scribed by Alice M. Sapienza; Joseph G. Lombardino
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 81 KB
- Volume
- 64
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0272-4391
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✦ Synopsis
Those who lead scientific efforts understand that they must contribute to judgments of both value and meaning of new data emerging from the bench. However, there is a fine line between staying informed, on the one hand, and quashing morale and creativity by overmanaging scientists at the bench. We discuss why we believe that micromanagement may be more likely to occur in science and how it can impact the caliber of scientific output. We also provide guidelines for how leaders can move with the data appropriately and keep the balance between staying abreast of work versus putting the brakes on work.