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3. The core purposes of universities, teaching and research, are being eroded by excessive administration There has been a dispropor-tionate increase in management posts within universities and research insti-tutes including, for example, in human resources, “research support” (Colquhoun, 2007), and health and safety. There has been a ...
The impact factor, a measure of the “mean citedness” of articles in a scientific journal, is a tool for the comparison of journals that was used only by a few bibliometricians. In recent years …
Abstract. In the last 50 years, there have been many changes to the substance, conduct, and style of research. Many of these changes have proved disastrous to the life of scientists and to science itself. As a consequence, the near-romantic spirit of adventure and exploration that inspired young scientists of my own and earlier generations has ...
- Peter A. Lawrence
- 2016
Aug 7, 2007 · As an attempt to quantify the evolution of the academic profiles of young researchers hired over time, this work took advantage of the highly repeatable recruitment process used by the French CNRS, the largest governmental research organization in France and the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. Expand
Abstract. U sing evidence from the history of agriculture in Southeast Asia, this chapter attempts to say something about the conditions required for effective management of natural resources. Effective management, as understood here, means management for sustainability. In recent literature sustainability is often defined in eclectic ways and ...
- David Henley
- 2007
The Management of Science In the May 22 issue of Science, an incredible article appeared (Lederman, 1992). The article argued for the increased support of science, an Unquali- fied Good Thing that supposedly no one in their right mind would oppose.
The truth of a scientific proposition, finding, or an abstract ethical principle is not a static property inherent in it. Truth happens as the result of the management of human affairs. It becomes true, is discovered and made true by actions. Its verity is in fact a series of actions, a process: the process of its implementation. Its validity is gained through what may generally be called ...
