Author : Holloway, Bruce

Summary : Biotechnology enterprises - whether they involve research organizations, government departments, the private sector, or a combination of all of these - require a wide range of skills to take novel scientific data and convert it to useful products. This chapter presents preliminary data and initial suggestions as to how human resource management and development can help build capacity for biotechnology. Human resource management requires specific planning and allocation of resources in ways that will be new and difficult, including an assessment of available staff skills, their utility for agricultural biotechnology, and accounting for the transition of national scientists to responsible biotechnology managers.