An Empirical Study on the Improvement of R&D Competition Policy for the National R&D Programme

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 506-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byung Yong Hwang ◽  
Jee Hyun Suh ◽  
Dae Cheol Kim
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Competition Policy ◽  
Current Mode ◽  
Multiple Sources ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Management Evaluation ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
Life Cycle Perspective ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Despite the increase in government spending on R&D in South Korea (hereafter Korea), there have been limits in enhancing the impact and commercialisation of research outcomes. A new approach to the current mode of R&D is considered necessary to tackle this problem. In 2014, Korea implemented a new competition policy on national R&D by designating six R&D programmes from four different government departments as Competition-type R&D. The purpose of this study is to examine the actual conditions for adoption and to further promote early establishment and wide implementation of the new competition policy on national R&D, and identify the ways for improvement. In this study, we have approached the case with a life-cycle perspective of plan–management–evaluation of R&D. Multiple sources of data collection included documents, surveys and unstandardised interviews with the staff members in the government sector organisations and agencies responsible for the national R&D management. Based on the results of the analysis, we bring suggestions on three areas of improvement: (a) materialising suitable projects to enrol in the R&D competition programme; (b) suggesting competition models for each stage of R&D life cycle; and (c) establishing the institutional basis upon which the policy may be widely adopted. Finally, we discuss possible improvements and the limits of this study.

scholarly journals Operational-Efficiency Improvement of Public R and D Management Agencies in South Korea

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Byung Hwang ◽  
Eun Bae ◽  
Heung Hong ◽  
Dae-cheol Kim
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Operational Efficiency ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Efficiency Improvement ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
R And D ◽  
Management Evaluation ◽  
Life Cycle Perspective ◽  
Plan Management ◽  
Public R And D

Public R and D management agencies have been taking on key roles in the national R and D ecosystem. The purpose of this study is to suggest ways to improve the operational efficiency of public R and D management agencies based on analysis of their current status. We approached this study from a life-cycle perspective as it applies to the plan-management evaluation of R and D. Data-collection sources included documents, surveys, and interviews with staff members in agencies responsible for national R and D management. Based on the analysis results, we present suggestions for improvement in three areas: (a) unification of R and D planning and evaluation of individual ministries; (b) establishment of a panministerial management system for public R and D management agencies; (c) improvement and development of public R and D agencies’ expertise and management services. Finally, we discuss possible improvements and the limits of this study.

scholarly journals The Requirement of Records Management Practices for Institutional Audits

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.7) ◽  
pp. 228
Author(s):  
Nik Nurul Emyliana Nik Ramlee ◽  
Saiful Farik Mat Yatin ◽  
Mastura Md Zali ◽  
Nurul Aiqa Mohd Zain ◽  
Amzari Abu Bakar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
White Collar Crime ◽  
Risk Mitigation ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
Records Management ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
The Government ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact

Currently, the issues of corruption or white-collar crime rise in government sector and this issue raised during the audit checking. The organization itself do not take the initiative and follow the policy and standard assigned by the government when manage the records in their organization with the requirement of records management practices. This study also emphasizes the role of records management in conducting the risk mitigation in governance regarding the auditing process, the relationship of the records management and good governance and to analyse the general report of one organization in Malaysia which related with the audit department. With this study, hopefully the good governance and accountability could be achieved and the crime rate could be minimized as well as no litigation occur during the auditing process if the records management practices plays their roles. This study is to investigate the impact of the implementation of good records management practice in exercising good governance and to ease up the auditing process.  

scholarly journals Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Valuation of Biochar Production: Two Case Studies in Belgium

Energies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 2166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Rajabi Hamedani ◽  
Tom Kuppens ◽  
Robert Malina ◽  
Enrico Bocci ◽  
Andrea Colantoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Pig Manure ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Life Cycle Perspective ◽  
The Impact

It is unclear whether the production of biochar is economically feasible. As a consequence, firms do not often invest in biochar production plants. However, biochar production and application might be desirable from a societal perspective as it might entail net environmental benefits. Hence, the aim of this work has been to assess and monetize the environmental impacts of biochar production systems so that the environmental aspects can be integrated with the economic and social ones later on to quantify the total return for society. Therefore, a life cycle analysis (LCA) has been performed for two potential biochar production systems in Belgium based on two different feedstocks: (i) willow and (ii) pig manure. First, the environmental impacts of the two biochar production systems are assessed from a life cycle perspective, assuming one ton of biochar as the functional unit. Therefore, LCA using SimaPro software has been performed both on the midpoint and endpoint level. Biochar production from willow achieves better results compared to biochar from pig manure for all environmental impact categories considered. In a second step, monetary valuation has been applied to the LCA results in order to weigh environmental benefits against environmental costs using the Ecotax, Ecovalue, and Stepwise approach. Consequently, sensitivity analysis investigates the impact of variation in NPK savings and byproducts of the biochar production process on monetized life cycle assessment results. As a result, it is suggested that biochar production from willow is preferred to biochar production from pig manure from an environmental point of view. In future research, those monetized environmental impacts will be integrated within existing techno-economic models that calculate the financial viability from an investor’s point of view, so that the total return for society can be quantified and the preferred biochar production system from a societal point of view can be identified.

scholarly journals Motivational Factors and Job Performance: The Mediating Roles of Employee Engagement

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 67
Author(s):  
Hussain Almawali ◽  
Nor Intan Adha Hafit ◽  
Narehan Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Job Performance ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Motivational Factors ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This research examines the relationship between motivational factors, job performance, employee engagement and the impact of motivational factors on job performance function of employee engagement as a mediator in the government sector in the Sultanate of Oman. A quantitative study methodology was used, and six hypotheses were evaluated using 111 representative government employees from the Ministry of Education. This study is a pilot test. This study uses quota sampling, and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and path analysis techniques were used for the analysis. The study's findings indicate that these factors have a favorable association, that motivational factors have significant positive relationships with employee engagement and job performance, and that employee engagement acts as a partial mediator in the relationship between motivational factors and job performance. This study is critical for leaders and regulators interested in enhancing job performance in Oman's public sector. This is one of the few studies on the mediating function of employee engagement in the link between motivational variables and job performance. This is the first research of its kind in Oman for the public sector. Other motivational variables could be examined and evaluated in the private sector in Future research.

scholarly journals Et skritt i riktig retning – fremdeles en vei å gå. En instituttleders perspektiv på førstelektor- og dosentprosjektet ved Universitetet i Agder

2020 ◽  
pp. 271-277
Author(s):  
Inger Marie Dalehefte
Keyword(s):  
Career Path ◽  
Support Staff ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Leadership Position ◽  
Staff Members ◽  
Academic Position ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Staff Qualification

The chapter highlights how an outsider with a leadership position (head of the department of education), experienced the impact of the promotion preparatory seminars on her staff. Primarily, their influence was perceived as beneficial, inspiring the staff members who attained promotion to be more motivated in their work. Secondly, the department met the staff qualification criteria required by the government. This dual benefit created general enthusiasm within the department. However, the author emphasizes that more support and resources are necessary to support staff members who wish to join the docent career path to the top academic position.

scholarly journals Life cycle of the regional innovation system of Primorsky Region

2021 ◽  
pp. 48-64
Author(s):  
Anna Alekseevna Mikhaylova
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Regional Innovation System ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Marine Management ◽  
Kaliningrad Oblast ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact

Differences between the territories in economic-geographical situation, socioeconomic development, and political conditions of economic activity, the accumulated knowledgebase and competences, generate nonuniformity of the innovation space, where each region is unique and has its own innovative trajectory of innovative development trajectory. The subject of this research is the the process of formation and development of the regional innovation system (RIS) of Primorsky Region. The hypothesis is advanced that the RIS of Primorsky Region has certain peculiarities substantiated by the impact of economic-geographical location, which are reflected in engraining the specificity of marine management in localized innovation processes. The object of this research is the Kaliningrad Oblast located on the coast of the Baltic Sea. The article covers the period from 1945 to 1990, which allowed determining the peculiarities of the three stages of the life cycle of RIS  (origin, development, and maturity), as well as assessing the influence of the factor of coastal location  upon them. The author examines the qualitative and statistical data that characterize the five components of RIS: human resources, infrastructure, research and development, innovation environment, and framework conditions. The novelty of this work lies in application of comprehensive approach towards studying life cycle of RIS in its structural complexity in different time periods, as well as in consideration of coastal specificity of the economy. It is demonstrated that the RIS of Kaliningrad Oblast of the Soviet period specialized in marine management, formed as a result of concerted efforts of the government.

scholarly journals The evolving relationship between government and the voluntary sector in Ontario

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnes G. Meinhard ◽  
Mary K. Foster ◽  
Ida Berger ◽  
Louise Moher
Keyword(s):  
Third Sector ◽  
Voluntary Sector ◽  
Voluntary Organizations ◽  
Working Paper ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Funding Cuts

[First paragraph of Introduction]: In this paper, we investigate the evolving relationship between government and voluntary organizations in Ontario that is occurring in the wake of a prolonged period of funding cuts. The cuts are a manifestation of a major philosophical shift in government-third sector relations. We have already examined the impact of this shift on voluntary organizations in several papers (Foster and Meinhard, 2002; Meinhard and Foster, 2003a & b). We now turn our attention to the government sector and its vision for the future. Keywords: CVSS, Centre for Voluntary Sector Studies, Working Paper Series,TRSM, Ted Rogers School of Management Citation:

Technology Transfer from National R&D Laboratories and the Development of Regional Industrial Clusters in India

2004 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santanu Roy
Keyword(s):  
Technology Transfer ◽  
Industrial Clusters ◽  
Laboratory System ◽  
Publicly Funded ◽  
Regional Specialization ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
Innovation Projects ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Centres Of Excellence

This paper examines issues relating to technology transfer from the publicly funded R&D laboratory system in India (including organizations such as CSIR, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) to industry The author analyses the development of regional industrial clusters in India and considers the strategy of regional specialization in technological innovation projects undertaken in national R&D laboratories and its relationship to the development of industrial clusters and districts. In addition to this examination of the various aspects of regional specialization and the impact of the CSIR laboratories, the paper also highlights the significant role played by other centres of excellence, both in the government sector and elsewhere, in helping industrial clusters and artisan concentrations in various regions of India to solve technological, managerial and social problems.

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