ADAPTATIONS OF SCIENTISTS IN AN INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ORGANIZATION: A CASE STUDY

1963 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard M. Vollmer
Keyword(s):  
Research Organization ◽  
Independent Research

Resilient pastures and sediment: a case study in Hawke's Bay

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dave Read
Keyword(s):  
Forest Cover ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Independent Research ◽  
Bare Ground ◽  
Hill Country ◽  
Regulatory Issue ◽  
Sediment Loss ◽  
Return On Capital

For many hill-country farms sediment will be a bigger regulatory issue than nitrates over the next decade. A dense, resilient pasture can reduce the risk of insidious sediment loss. Any ecosystem that relies on a few species is fragile. Sowing a single species leads to repeated re-sowing and increasing bare ground to remove competition, increasing the risk of sediment flows. An important issue during regulatory consultation will be establishing a natural, pre-human baseline for forest cover and documenting more recent changes in sediment flows. Hill country cropping and pasture renewal is incompatible with resilient pasture. This is a farmer’s perspective on a diverse and persisting hill country pasture-based system that can make a good return on capital without re-grassing or fodder cropping. Funding of independent research on pasture and fodder systems is essential if farmers are to make good decisions.

Teaching the Use of Computers: A Case Study

1985 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gilbert W. Atnip
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Computer Assisted Instruction ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Simulation And Modeling ◽  
Independent Research ◽  
Processing Data ◽  
Assisted Instruction

A course on the use of computers in psychology and the other social sciences is described. The course included an introduction to computers and computing and units on word processing, data analysis, data acquisition, artificial intelligence, and computer-assisted instruction, simulation, and modeling. Each unit incorporated the application of an appropriate program. Students conducted independent research projects using the computer. They evaluated the course very positively, as did the instructor. The major problems encountered in teaching the course related to the diversity of students' backgrounds in computers and in statistics, and to the difficulty of separating technique from content in assigning grades.

Informal language planning for elementary school language development

1992 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 6-18
Author(s):  
Carol J. Rodriquez
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Language Planning ◽  
Independent Research ◽  
Timely Manner ◽  
Language Programs ◽  
Public Meetings ◽  
Individual School

Language planning is an activity that takes place in formal/national situations, but it also occurs in a variety of unintended ways and on smaller scales (e.g. Russo and Baldauf 1986). This paper documents the informal language planning which has occurred as part of the process of developing and implementing Arizona’s Elementary Foreign Language Mandate. It is a case study which demonstrates the problems and effects of informal language planning in public education systems such as Arizona’s. The study focuses on the initial specifications of the mandate and the efforts of individual school districts to comply in a timely manner. The difficulties encountered by one school district as it considers ways to implement the mandate are examined in detail. The data for this study was gathered from official documents, personal interviews, videotapes, newspaper articles, public meetings and independent research related to language policy in the state of Arizona. The study suggests that a greater awareness of language planning skills at this level could lead to the development of more effective language programs.

Factors Influencing Knowledge as Practice in the Knowledge Workplace

2018 ◽  
pp. 268-289
Author(s):  
Penny Hart
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Appreciative Inquiry ◽  
Research Organization ◽  
Affective Trust ◽  
Subjective Knowledge ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Organizational Subcultures ◽  
Inquiry Method ◽  
The Individual

This chapter examines issues around sharing subjective knowledge as practice in an organization, exploring what knowledge means to those working with it, how knowledge sharing happens in practice, and what influences its effectiveness. It is suggested that knowledge as practice as internalized by individuals can be difficult to communicate for a range of reasons, many relating to the effects of organizational subcultures on employee self-efficacy. A case study is used to illustrate this, based on fieldwork carried out in a research organization using the appreciative inquiry method to look at influences on the individual practice of knowledge sharing. An environment that promotes cognitive and affective trust amongst an organization's employees may go some way to address these issues.

scholarly journals Performance measurement frameworks in a state controlled research organization: Can the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) be modified?

2010 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 51-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Sartorius ◽  
N. Trollip ◽  
C. Eitzen
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Research Organization ◽  
Hybrid Form ◽  
The Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Measurement Framework ◽  
Research Sector ◽  
Significant Difference

The development of multiple stakeholder performance measurement frameworks (PMF) is a complex process in the public research sector. The objective of the paper was to investigate whether the performance measurement framework (PMF) of a state owned research organization could be adapted to the Balanced Scorecard (BSC). A conceptual framework developed a hybrid form of BSC that could be applied in a research setting before describing a case study setting. A case study, as well as a survey was employed to investigate the research questions. The results suggest that the research sector PMF incorporated the properties the organization’s value chain, as well as reflected its strategies and key actions. Furthermore, suitable performance measures had been created for all the organization’s stakeholders. Further inductive analysis indicated that the PMF resembled a hybrid form of BSC based on the Moullin (2002) public sector framework. Finally, the results indicated that the PMF motivated its researchers at operations level, however, a survey of opinions suggests there was a significant difference in opinion between different categories of researchers.

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