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5 Management of S&E at the Laboratories
5 Management of S&E at the Laboratories
Pages 24-28
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The following summarizes what the study committee observed regarding the implementation of this framework within these laboratory management structures. It begins with an examination of the perspectives of the scientists and engineers, and works up the management chain as described above.
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Finally, the researchers perceive that the concomitant escalating cost of doing business results in less technical support and often discourages experimental activities, even though appropriate world-class experimental facilities and knowledgeable support personnel exist. However, with regard to assessment and closed-loop quality improvement processes, scientists and engineers reported feeling disconnected from a productive bottom-up communication path with senior management, and instead see the communication from their level -- where the science really gets done -- as consisting of paperwork-intensive milestone reporting, occasionally augmented by formal/confrontational assessment such as major reviews.
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The study committee recommends that NNSA reduce reporting and administrative burden on the laboratory directors and purposely free directors to establish strategic S&E direction at the laboratories.
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