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On standards or conventions specific to management as an academic discipline, and programs that lead to a degree in this field. Do not use 'management' for questions on managing research projects, or managing situations; use other tags (such as 'lab-management' or 'workplace').

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How to reply to your boss when your boss ask you whether your new subordinate is competent/ ...

Reply honestly, especially if the supervisor is in a position to help the student overcome any deficiencies. It is fine to give facts, such as the lateness issue. But don't give either overly-positive …
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management in academia

Sorry, but I don't recognize anything in your question that suggests why you would want to take on management duties. … Management won't necessarily be any easier or harder than what you do now, but it will probably be very different. …
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In American universities, why are academics placed in managerial and administrative functions?

I'm not sure this is limited to the US as it is a fairly traditional view of what a Faculty should be. Traditionally a group of scholars shared administration as needed. When things were small, not mu …
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How do you motivate collaborators to meet deadlines, when there is no financial incentives i...

Perhaps you are asking for more than can be delivered. The other person, I assume, has his own projects and deadlines and, perhaps, needs to put those first. Incentives can be other than financial, …
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How does management work in academia? Who do professors report to?

There are few situations in which a tenured professor is told what to do by "management". … And some of the layers of management, such as department heads and even deans may actually be chosen by vote of the faculty. …
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Is there a difference between "Technology Management" and "Management of Technology"?

Such a program might be considered a STEM program focused on the technology or a management program focused largely on people. They could be quite different or the same, depending. …
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Is it ethical to put a surveillance camera inside a lab

Yes, it is certainly ethical, so long as everyone knows it is there. It doesn't even necessarily show lack of trust in the regular lab denizens. An alternative, of course, would be to pay someone, a g …
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Generic name for "manager" in social science theorizing

This might be more appropriate on a language oriented site, but I'll speculate. You are describing a person who has agency in an organization or a situation. That is a bit different from, for exampl …
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How to deal with a setting where some students come to synchronous class unprepared?

This is the online version of the flipped classroom, of course. But, I suspect that a lot of your students aren't familiar with the concept or how to behave. Like most everything else, you need to tea …
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What master's degree is recommended to study at a university for establishing a start-up?

Given that a start up is a business and your education is elsewhere, it would probably do you well to get some specific knowledge of business and the regulations that typically govern business. An MBA …
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