Managing the Laboratory Animal Facility, 3rd Edition
by Jerald Silverman
October 2016
Written in Jerry Silverman’s trademark style, Managing the Laboratory Animal Facility, Third Edition provides the reader with sound management theory and associated management practices that are easy to read, easy to understand, easy to implement, and pertinent to the daily management and leadership of laboratory animal facilities. Maintaining the practical focus of previous editions, this greatly expanded volume presents the critical knowledge needed to help you make efficient and effective use of the key resources that are used every day by vivarium managers – people, time, money, and information.
New to the Third Edition
Incorporating the latest developments in management theory and application, the edition contains approximately 100 pages of new and expanded material. This more detailed coverage:
- Discusses lean management concepts and practices and their application to laboratory animal science
- Adds information on many essential topics, especially in human resources management in its treatment of negotiations, influence, and performance reviews
- Provides a large number of revisions and updates to Appendix 2 in its presentation of Per diem calculations
- Includes an extensive list of references for further study of specialized topics
