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Research restructuring and assessment : can we apply the corporate experience to government agencies? / Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Corporate reorganizations--United States.
- Corporate reorganizations.
- Research, Industrial.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (80 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- ""RESEARCH RESTRUCTURING AND ASSESSMENT""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Part 1 Introduction""; ""1 Introductory Comments""; ""Part 2 Industry Perspectives""; ""2 Research Restructuring and Assessment at IBM""; ""THE ROLE OF RESEARCH AT IBM""; ""REORGANIZATION OF RESEARCH AT IBM""; ""ASSESSING RESEARCH PERFORMANCE""; ""GENERAL DISCUSSION""; ""3 Research Restructuring and Assessment at AT&T""; ""OVERVIEW OF AT&T'S ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE""; ""REORGANIZATION OF AT&T RESEARCH""; ""ASSESSING RESEARCH PERFORMANCE""; ""GENERAL DISCUSSION""
- ""4 Research Restructuring and Assessment at Ford""""PHASES OF CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING AT FORD""; ""THE CURRENT RESEARCH ORGANIZATION AT FORD""; ""LESSONS FOR OTHER RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS""; ""GENERAL DISCUSSION""; ""5 Research Restructuring and Assessment at Xerox""; ""ORGANIZATION OF RESEARCH AT XEROX""; ""ASSESSING RESEARCH AT XEROX""; ""GENERAL DISCUSSION""; ""Part 3 NSF Perspectives""; ""6 Performance Assessment Activities at NSF""; ""GENERAL DISCUSSION""; ""7 Identification of Issues for General Discussion""; ""Part 4 Discussion and Synthesis""
- ""8 Additional Discussion by Workshop Participants""""RELEVANCE OF THE CORPORATE EXPERIENCE TO THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION""; ""MOTIVATIONS FOR ASSESSMENT""; ""IMPORTANCE OF THE CUSTOMERS' OR STAKEHOLDERS' VIEWPOINTS""; ""ISSUES RELATED TO ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY""; ""WHAT DOES IT MAKE SENSE TO MEASURE?""; ""9 Synthesis Viewpoint�What Did We Learn Today?""; ""Appendix Workshop Participants""
- Notes:
- "Report of a Workshop."
- Workshop Steering Committee co-chairs: W. Carl Lineberger and Charles A. Zraket.
- "Support for this project was provided by the National Science Foundation (under Contract No. MPS-952216)."
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