Microbiology Managers: Managerial Training in the RItrain Project

R Russell M Paterson; Nelson Lima; Cath Brooksbank; Enrico Guarini; Markus Pasterk; Marialuisa Lavitrano; RItrain project consortium

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2017.03.002

Microbiology Managers: Managerial Training in the RItrain Project

Trends Microbiol. 2017 Jun;25(6):425-428. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2017.03.002. Epub 2017 Mar 25.

Authors

R Russell M Paterson¹, Nelson Lima², Cath Brooksbank³, Enrico Guarini⁴, Markus Pasterk⁵, Marialuisa Lavitrano⁶; RItrain project consortium

Affiliations

¹ CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710 057 Braga, Portugal. Electronic address: russell.paterson@deb.uminho.pt.
² CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710 057 Braga, Portugal.
³ EMBL Outstation - European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK.
⁴ Department of Business Administration, Finance, Management and Law, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza Ateneo Nuovo, Milan, 20126 - Italy.
⁵ BBMRI-ERIC, Neue Stiftingtalstrasse 2/B/6, A-8010 Graz, Austria.
⁶ Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Piazza Ateneo Nuovo, Milan, 20126 - Italy.

PMID: 28351599
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2017.03.002

Abstract

Leaders of research infrastructures (RIs) in Europe who are scientists require competencies in management. RItrain has addressed this issue by identifying skills required, locating relevant courses and finding gaps, whilst establishing a Master of Management programme. We describe how one contributing microbiology RI determined the most relevant skills.

Keywords: Europe; Masteŕs course; research infrastructures; strategic planning.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Europe
Humans
Leadership
Mental Competency
Microbiology / education*
Research*
Strategic Planning*
Surveys and Questionnaires