Laboratory Manager Case Study

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The Laboratory Manager Figure 1 is a simplified organigramme of a Laboratory administrative setup. Hard lines indicate in this figure indicates that the officer below directly reports to the immediate hierarchy who oversees all activities of the officer under his/her direct administration. Meanwhile, the broken lines show that an officer though reporting to the direct hierarchy may be expected to be accountable to an even higher authority in the ranking. These broken lines equally indicate that the Laboratory Manager has an overview of all units of his/her administrative setup. Regarding the role of the Laboratory Manager (figure 1), he is responsible for managing and coordinating the non technical activities while assuring a safe and well-run …show more content…

The Manager needs to have a good mastery of the organizational setup, its goals and the resources available while constantly developing his/her potentials of managing with objectives. He needs to have a nurtured mind poised for growth and open to criticism. By this, he will be able to develop and balance critical competences at the individual, interpersonal, team, and organizational levels through formal training and practice. Even after many years of practical experience, there is always a need to update laboratory knowledge through written information, courses and exchange visits to gain practical knowhow (Geir et al., …show more content…

In order to be at the forefront with a broad view of research trends, and a focus for the lab, the Laboratory manager must follow the evolution of the literature and identify research trends to gauge the research topic areas that (1) have received the most scholarly attention over the years, (2) have fallen out of favor and have become historic research topics, and (3) have fallen out of favor, but have re-emerged, and have become resurgent research topics (Jeffrey and Stefanie, 2009). This could help to shape the line of research of the Laboratory and avoid producing out-of-fashion research findings. Moreover, the Laboratory Manager must ensure that all experiments performed in the Laboratory are based (when necessary) on well developed and validated methods. Method development and validation within the Laboratory setting is an essential aspect of credibility and data validity which helps to demonstrate performance specifications comparable to those established by the manufacturer to ensure that assays are performing optimally within the proposed testing environment. In this context, documentation of experimental results and approval should be readily accessible (Ezzelle et al

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