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Science Management Associates |
Addressing the unmet need for interpersonal, group and organizational training of
scientists and science executives in both the public and private sectors. |
Contact us: cmc@sciencema.com Phone : 617 965 1826 Science Management Associates is based in Newton, Massachusetts |
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Workshops SMA runs workshops in conflict resolution and negotiation skills for scientists across the country throughout the year. SMA also runs on-site workshops for companies and other scientific organizations. Click here to download a sample workshop outline. Over 60 people registered for Dr. Cohen's workshop entitled "Managing difficult people and difficult situations" at the 2003 meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology in San Francisco on Saturday, December 13, 2003. Dr Cohen ran a workshop at The University of California, San Francisco on May 22, 2004 on "Negotiation Skills for Scientists", sponsored by the UCSF Career Center.The workshop was attended by over 60 UCSF faculty and students. Dr. Cohen moderated a working lunch discussion on the topic:" Improving pharma effectiveness requires new training and education paradigms: what are the short term and long term solutions?" at the Phacilitate R&D Leader's Forum, March 1-3, 2004, Coral Gables, Fla. Dr. Cohen ran two workshops entitled "Creating an Organizational Culture that Improves Productivity: Conflict Resolution and Negotiation Skills for Scientists", at the CHI World Pharmaceutical Congress, Philadelphia, PA. May 16, 2004 and at the Beyond Genome Conference, San Francisco, June 20, 2004.. Click here for more information Click here to download a detailed description of the workshop. |
On Site Consultation On site consultation to science based organizations in the following areas: management of scientific projects, managing scientists, assessing and mediating conflict within or between science teams. Individual Training SMA provides on site evaluation and training of science staff, managers or executives in the development of effective management styles. Coaching SMA offers on site or remote coaching for scientists or science executives seeking ongoing or one-time guidance or advice on the management of scientific organizations, projects or other scientists. Diligence Assessments Experience shows that companies with strong science and good executive leadership can fail due to poor science management. SMA provides guidance to investors seeking to evaluate the scientific management of companies. Using a proprietary interview approach, we identify deficits or strengths in science organizations. Organizational Development SMA helps research organizations review, design and implement effective management and governance structures. |
"At my workshops for scientists I ask the participants to answer several questions
about how their interactions with others in the lab affect their work.
Here are the aggregated responses I get to three of the questions: •More than 3/4 report spending between 10% and 25% of their time at work on "people problems." •More than 2/3 report having between 1 and 5 "uncomfortable interactions" with people at work each week. •Nearly 2/3 report that interpersonal conflict has hampered progress on a scientific project between 1 and 5 times during their career. If these figures are even close to being representative of the science community as a whole we're wasting a lot of manpower, resources and time because of unresolved conflict and because of interpersonal problems. Lets give scientists the tools they need to deal with these problems" Carl M. Cohen, Ph.D. |