The Management Of Research and Development For Results
Abstract
SWST members are naturally interested in the way their work is managed; yet papers on this topic rather seldom appear in our literature. When Dr. D. L. Bosman, who visited many of our laboratories in 1962 and 1968, showed me his report to the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, it seemed a particularly appropriate opportunity to offer a discussion of research and development management to the Society. He has kindly permitted us to edit, and condense slightly, the original report.
Dr. Bosman describes R & D management concepts that are practiced in many organizations today. While they differ in many respects from more classical forms followed in some research organizations, they illustrate trends in administration that, to some degree, apply even in fundamentally oriented laboratories. The degree to which managers have formulated systems of research and development administration, much like business administration, is striking.
The paper may be of greater interest to the forest products research scientist than to the experienced R & D manager. It provides a view of the way managers function in their task of designing, financing, justifying, and operating programs of research. However, all members of research organizations have roles in this management process, which can only benefit from an understanding of the mechanisms at work. Forest products R & D is not unlike other fields of scientific endeavor in this respect.
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