Career: changes 4, 29 development

Avoid staying on the scientific ladder. Career change for those who have been on the scientific ladder for years can be diffievit... mme intro a management position, or... stay very current on developments in your field of expertise. (italics added)... 

Continuous communication between employees and management Implementation of change Development of career paths... 

Chapter 35 - Protean Professionalism and Career Development previously appeared under the title Continual Career Change in the American Society of Mechanical Engineering s Mechanical Engineering Magazine, Vol. 129, No.7, July 2007. The chapter is presented here with some modifications and kind permission from both the author and publisher, and is gratefully acknowledged. 

As time passed, the balance of Stacey s interests changed He became less involved with the close direction of research and more with administration. Moreover, his chemical work had become far too wide for him to have a detailed knowledge of all of it. He retained his strategic foresight and, always, could advise how best to develop a project. He had an ability to join forces with and motivate his colleagues, who carried forward the detailed work. Also, he was able to recall, with uncanny accuracy and perception, the ability and character of each of the many collaborators, with whom he had been associated during his career. 

Two case studies are provided to illustrate how the work of chemical process development is carried out and how this work is changing with time. Two essays describing technical excursions in two of the major fields I worked in, (3-lactams and steroids, place chemistry in a historical perspective and provide a picture of the excitement and variety of challenges that come with a career in chemical process development. 

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