Research restructuring and assessment : can we apply the corporate experience to government agencies? / Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council
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 FordPHASES 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 ParticipantsRELEVANCE 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)."
