Effective Management of the Chemical Analysis Support Laboratory
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Effective Management of the Chemical Analysis Support Laboratory Course
Introduction:
Effectively managing a chemical laboratory is increasingly recognized as a vital component of any competent and successful organization that incorporates production, quality assurance/control, research and development, and product/service delivery to clients or customers.
This process necessitates extensive collaboration and coordination among scientists, technicians, and all other personnel involved within and outside the laboratory. The objective is to ensure seamless flow of information, smooth execution of tests, and accurate reporting of results.
Course Objectives:
How you'll benefit from this Course:
- Get solutions to your management problems from a leading authority.
- Be able to define and focus on the lab mission.
- Know how to organize to meet the requirements of a mission.
- Improve your abilities to listen and communicate.
- Understand how to motivate staff and build teams.
- Understand the manager's job
Who Should Attend?
New analytical laboratory managers, experienced managers with new responsibility for the analytical functions, and present managers, supervisors, and project leaders.
Course Outlines:
Approach to Leading the Workshop:
- Analytical Measurement -- Science and technology.
- Activities of Practicing Analytical Professionals.
- Analytical Support Enterprise -- objective and purpose; alignment with the business; customer/client; products of the lab.
- Analytical Lab Organization -- the specific mission of lab; organization by product line, function, technique; self-service/open access/community lab.
- Staffing the Laboratory -- selection process; indicators for specific qualities; decision-making pitfalls.
- Communications -- ways we communicate; listening for managers; effective staff meetings; electronic communication; expectations.
- Buying Costly Instruments -- the total cost of ownership; important dates for purchase; rental, leasing, outside labs.
- Managing and Leadership -- motivation; situational leadership; one-style managers; common pitfalls of managers.
- Managing/Operating the Lab -- manager’s time; subsystems of the analytical lab; workflow; customer interface; quality management standards; good automated lab practices (GALP); analytical skills roster.
- Lab Performance Evaluation - sample turnaround time; customer perception/satisfaction; staff competence/ improvement.
- Future Trends -- forces driving change; managing rapid change.