Program/Project Management Resource List #57

Revised July 2009

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. You may also find interesting items in our webpages on Corporate Culture, Measuring Organizational Effectiveness in Research and Development Organizations, and Interpersonal Relations and Group Dynamics.

All items are available at the Headquarters Library, except as noted. NASA Headquarters employees and contractors: call (358-0172) or email Library@hq.nasa.gov for information on borrowing or in-library use of any of these items. Members of the public, contact your Local Library for the availability of these items. NASA Headquarters employees can request additional materials or research on this topic. The Library welcomes your comments or suggestions about this webpage.

NASA Policies

The following policies and procedural requirements can be accessed by anyone through the NASA Online Directives Information System:

 

NASA Policy Directive 1080.1B: Policy for the Conduct of NASA Research and Technology

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 1080.1A: Requirements for the Conduct of NASA Research and Technology

 

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

Books

Geisler, Eliezer. The Metrics of Science and Technology. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 2000.

Q175.5 .G43 2000 BOOKSTACKS

 

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

Q180.57 .M358 2000 PPM-STACKS

 

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

T49.5 .G55 2003 PPM-STACKS

Note: Also available as an e-book in SATERN.

 

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

QHD62.37 .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

 

Ivancevich, John M., and Thomas N. Duening. Managing Einsteins: Leading High-tech Workers in the Digital Age. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2002.

HD30.2 .I93 2002 PPM-STACKS

 

Millis, Marc G. Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Project: Project Management Methods. Cleveland, OH: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center, 2004.

HD69 .P75 M552 2004 PPM-STACKS

Also available to the general public as document no. 20050041926 via NTRS.

 

Nordberg, M., and Verbeke, Alain. The Strategic Management of High Technology Contracts: The Case of CERN: Competence Based and Transaction Cost Perspectives. New York, NY: Pergamon, 1999.

T178 .E97 N67 1999 BOOKSTACKS

 

Pellerin, Charles J. How NASA Builds Teams: Mission Critical Soft Skills for Scientists, Engineers, and Project Teams. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons 2009.

HD66 .P455 2009 PPM-STACKS

 

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

TL789.85 .S52 A3 1999 BOOKSTACKS

Articles

Acton, Gwen, and Tim Andrews. "Impeding Scientists' Productivity", Research-Technology Management, vol. XLIX, no. 5 (Sept.-Oct. 2006), p. 59-60.

 

Badawy, Michael K. "Managing Human Resources", Research-Technology Management, vol. L, no. 4 (July-Aug. 2007), p. 56-74.

 

Khoury, A.E. Character and Effective Leadership of the Knowledge Worker. UCRL-TH-211921. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Livermore, CA, April 20, 2005.

(15016252: (Feb. 12, 2008) Dept. of Energy Information Bridge)

 

Lehtonen, Ken, and Larry Barrett. Managing a Product Development Team. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, Oct. 2003.

(20040035790: (Nov. 2004) NASA ASD)

This item can be ordered by interested members of the public through the Center for Aerospace Information.

 

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.

 

Merrifield, Tim. "Optimizing R and D Integration", Research-Technology Management, vol. XLIX, no. 4 (July-Aug. 2006), p. 11-14.

 

Rumpel, Steven, and John W. Medcof. "Total rewards: Good fit for tech workers", Research-Technology Management, vol. XLIX, no. 5 (Sept.-Oct. 2006), p. 27-35.

 

Thomas, Beverly E., and John P. Baron. Evaluating Knowledge Worker Productivity: Literature Review. Construction Engineering Research Lab (Army), Champaign, IL, June 1994.

(ADA283866: (June 2006) DTIC)

 

Westbrook, Jerry W. and Pamela W. Takada. "The Impact of Organization Culture on Satisfaction of Engineers in Technology", in: ASEM Twenty-second National Conference, Engineering Management: It's About People, Huntsville, AL, Oct. 11-13, 2001.

(20020017756: (April 2008) NTRS)

Internet Resources

American Association for the Advancement of Science. Science Careers. 2008 [July 24, 2009]

http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/

 

Analytical Laboratory Managers Association. May 10, 2009 [July 24, 2009]

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

 

C2 Consulting. Paul Glen. 2008 [July 24, 2009]

http://www.paulglen.com/

 

Hoffman, Ed. Academy of Program/Project and Engineering Leadership. July 9, 2009 [July 24, 2009]

http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oce/appel/home/index.html

 

Industrial Research Institute. 2009 [July 24, 2009]

http://www.iriinc.org/

 

Shirley, Donna. Managing Creativity. May 8, 2007 [July 24, 2009]

http://www.managingcreativity.com/

 

Stargate Consultants Limited. 2009 [July 24, 2009]

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