CLM - 590 Principles of Laboratory Management

The rapidly changing laboratory environment is constantly responding to diverging trends in health care. This mandates the requirement for effective management. Laboratory managers will need to create new solutions to today’s problems. This course is designed to provide a web-based learning approach to teaching the principles of laboratory management. The focus is to present underlying managerial concepts and then assist the learner in the successful application of this information to real-life situations. Book chapters, Internet references and website resources permit the learner to acquire advanced and current information in each of the major topic areas. Learning units are organized to cover four major areas of management: Basic Principles and Organizational Structure, Human Resources, Finance and Operations. Credit Hours: (4)