Program/Project Management Resource List #57

Revised March 2007

Most people think of inventors as people who toil alone in their cellar or garage until their dream becomes reality. While there are still a handful of successful individual inventors, such as Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, the founders of Apple Computers, many of America's most inventive people are employed by the government or by large firms, where their drives to create are channeled into meeting the goals of their employers. This pathfinder addresses the issues of managing teams of engineers and scientists, especially for managers who do not have a background in those fields.

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NASA Policies

NASA Policy Directive 1080.1A: NASA Science Policy

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 1080.1: NASA Science Management

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 3319.1: Management of Senior Scientific and Technical and Other Senior Level Positions

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 7120.5D: NASA Space Flight Program and Project Management Requirements

 

Books

Gelès, Claude, et al. Managing Science: Management for R and D Laboratories. New York, NY: Wiley, 2000.

Q180.57 .M358 2000 PPM-STACKS

 

Glen, Paul. Leading Geeks: How to Manage and Lead People Who Deliver Technology. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2003.

T49.5 .G55 2003 PPM-STACKS

 

Goman, Carol Kinsey. The Human Side of High-Tech: Lessons from the Technology Frontier. New York, NY: Wiley, 2000.

HD62.37 .G66 2000 PPM-STACKS

 

Gray, Denis O., and S. George Walters (eds.). Managing the Industry/University Cooperative Research Center: A Guide for Directors and Other Stakeholders. Columbus, OH: Battelle Press, 1998.

Q180.57 .M36 1998 PPM-STACKS

 

Humphrey, Watts S. Managing for Innovation: Leading Technical People. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1987.

HD62.37 .H85 1987 PPM-STACKS

 

Shirley, Donna. Managing Martians. New York, NY: Broadway Books, 1999

TL789.85 .S52 A3 1999 BOOKSTACKS

 

Soat, Douglas M. Managing Engineers and Technical Employees: How to Attract, Motivate, and Retain Excellent People. Boston, MA: Artech House, 1996.

TA190 .S667 1996 PPM-STACKS

 

Tingstad, James E. How to Manage the R and D Staff: A Looking-Glass World. New York, NY: AMACOM, 1991.

T175.5 .T55 1991 PPM-STACKS

 

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science. Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics. The NASA workforce: does NASA have the right strategy and policies to retain and build the workforce it will need?: hearing before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, Committee on Science, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, June 13, 2006. Washington, DC: U.S. G.P.O.: For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2006.

KF27 .S32 W67 2006 BOOKSTACKS

Articles

Allen, Thomas J. "Architecture and Communication among Product Development Engineers", California Managment Review, vol. XLIX, no. 2 (Winter 2007), p. 23-41.

 

Clarke, T. "Why do we still not apply what we know about managing R and D Personnel?", Research Technology Management, vol. XLV, no. 2 (March/April 2002), p. 9-11

 

Davenport, Thomas H., Robert J. Thomas, and Susan Cantrell. "The mysterious art and science of knowledge-worker performance", MIT Sloan Management Review, vol. XLIV, no. 1 (Fall 2002), p. 23-30.

 

Hedden, Carole. ""What Makes for a Good Job?", Aviation Week and Space Technology, vol. CLX, no. 18 (3 May 2004), p. 52-60.

 

Jones, Erick C. and Christopher A. Chung. "A Methodology for Measuring Engineering Knowledge Worker Productivity", Engineering Management Journal, vol. XVIII, no. 1 (March 2006), p. 32-38.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Lord, Robert L., and Phillip A. Farrington. "Age-Related Differences in the Motivation of Knowledge Workers", Engineering Management Journal, vol. XVIII, no. 3 (Sept. 2006), p. 20-26.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Maccoby, Michael. "Is there a best way to lead scientists and engineers?", Research Technology Management,vol. XLIX, no. 1 (Jan./Feb. 2006), p. 60-61

 

Petroni, Alberto. "Myths and misconceptions in current engineers' management practices", Team Performance Management, vol. VI, no 1/2 (2000), p. 15-24.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Ramírez, Yuri W. and David A. Nembhard. "Measuring knowledge worker productivity: A taxonomy", Journal of Intellectual Capital, vol. V, no. 4 (2004), p. 602-628.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Scholarios, Dora and Abigail Marks. "Work-life balance and the software worker", Human Resource Management Journal, vol. XIV, no. 2 (2004), p. 54-74.

Available through ABI Inform

 

Scott, William B. and Carole Hedden. "People Issues", Aviation Week and Space Technology, vol. CLX, no. 18 (3 May 2004), p. 61-62.

Internet Resources

Analytical Laboratory Managers Association. 15 April 2004 [28 March 2007]

http://www.labmanagers.org/home/index.shtml

 

C2 Consulting. Paul Glen. 6 Jan. 2007 [22 March 2007].

http://www.paulglen.com/

 

C2 Consulting. Paul Glen. Articles. 6 Jan. 2007 [22 March 2007].

http://www.paulglen.com/pages/Articles.htm

 

Hoffman, Ed. Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership. 26 Feb. 2007 [26 March 2007].

http://appel.nasa.gov/

 

Industrial Research Institute. 2007 [26 March 2007].

http://www.iriinc.org/

 

Shirley, Donna. Managing Creativity. 4 Oct. 2006 [21 March 2007].

http://www.managingcreativity.com/

 

Stargate Consultants Limited. 2007 [28 March 2007]

http://www.stargate-consultants.ca/

 

Stargate Consultants Limited. Recent Consulting Reports. 2007 [28 March 2007]

http://www.stargate-consultants.ca/artlist.htm