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Resource Management



Learning how to manage the resources you've been given is another important skill to have, especially in the lab. It allows you to more easily and effectively manage projects.

The APS and the Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology recommend that trainees understand the importance of and work to develop the following resource management skills:

a. Ability to organize resources for projects
b. Knowledge of how to maintain equipment/work area
c. Knowledge of inventory and supply maintenance
d. Knowledge of personnel management (see Being a Supervisor)
e. Ability to manage contracts and negotiate with outside vendors
(from the APS/ACDP List of Professional Skills for Physiologists and Trainees)

Here are a variety of web sites with information that you might find useful.*

Index:
Organizing Resources
Maintaining Equipment/Work Area
Maintaining Inventory
Contracts/Vendors
 

Organizing Resources

For information on this topic, see Resource Management under the Graduate/Professional section

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Maintaining Equipment/Work Area

5S's Implementing and Organization-Wide 5S Effort
Quality Training Portal, Resource Engineering, Inc.

 

Equipment Maintenance (pdf file)

Maintaining a Healthy Workplace Environment
Lead A Healthy Life.com

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Maintaining Inventory

Data Management and Laboratory Notebooks
Chapter 8 in Making the Right Moves
BWF/HHMI

Managing Inventory (pdf file)

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Contracts/Vendors

For information on this topic, see Resource Management under the Graduate/Professional section

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*APS does not endorse or assume responsibility for the information posted on these web sites.


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