Modern Laboratory Management
Start Date | End Date | Venue | Fees (US $) | ||
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Modern Laboratory Management | 19 Oct 2025 | 23 Oct 2025 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | $ 4,500 | Register |

Modern Laboratory Management
Start Date | End Date | Venue | Fees (US $) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Modern Laboratory Management | 19 Oct 2025 | 23 Oct 2025 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | $ 4,500 |
Introduction
Analytical chemistry is experiencing dramatic, turbulent change beyond the control of the laboratory and laboratory management. Technological innovations, staffing demographics, new business models, automation, industry consolidation, society, and regulatory expectations, and other factors are transforming nearly aspect of the business.
This workshop takes a strategic view of the laboratory system in the context of current quality management philosophies to determine options for achieving best practices. Experiences will be shared to provide insight into the obstacles and expected outcomes for the various approaches. Further, this workshop includes the mission and function of the analytical enterprise along with ways to improve the quality, performance, and evaluation of the laboratory.
Objectives
- Get solutions to your management problems from a leading authority.
- Be able to define and focus on the lab mission.
- Know how to organize to meet the requirements of a mission.
- Improve your abilities to listen and communicate.
- Understand how to motivate staff and build teams.
- Understand the manager's job.
Upon completion of the workshop, you will learn how laboratories are applying current management philosophies to get closer to the business and to streamline operations. Practical details of laboratory management such as cost control, maintaining analysis quality, improving laboratory reputation, effective staffing, capital budget justification, and so forth will be discussed but the emphasis will be on systems rather than daily operational issues. Participants are expected to share experiences and best practices.
Further, after completion of this workshop participants will be able to:
Training Methodology
This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.
Who Should Attend?
Laboratory Managers, Supervisors, Chemists, Chemical Engineers, Analysts, and Instrumentation Engineers.
Course Outline
Day 1:
- Introduction
- Analytical Chemistry as Central Science in Science and Technology
- Activities of Practicing Analytical Professionals
- Activities of Practicing Analytical Professionals
Day 2:
- The Analytical Laboratory as Business Activity and Business Enterprise
- Vision and Mission, Goals, Planning and Organization (or Re-organization) of the Analytical Laboratory
- Human Resource Management for the Analytical Laboratory: Recruitment and Staffing
- Human Resource Management for the Analytical Laboratory: Recruitment and Staffing.
Day 3:
- Communication Management: Communications and Expectations
- Purchasing and Inbound Logistics Management: Capital Investments, Buying Costly Instruments
- Analytical Laboratory Space Management: Design and Management of Physical Laboratory Space
- Management and Leadership: Organization and Decision-Making
Day 4:
- Human Resource Management for the Analytical Laboratory:
- Placement, Incorporation, Training, Development, Performance Appraisal, Motivation, and Staff Retention
- Laboratory Operation Management
- Laboratory Performance Management: Quality Management, Good Laboratory Practice Compliance, and Names Accreditation
- Financial Management: Expense and Capital Budget, Cost Control
Day 5:
- Information Management
- Benchmarking
- Future Developments
- Approach to Improving the Analytical Laboratory
- Some Forms