Article ID: CBB000830103

That Obscure Object of Desire: The Management of Academic Knowledge (2007)

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Sousa, Celio A. A. (Author)
Hendriks, Paul H. J. (Author)


Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy
Volume: 45
Pages: 259--274
Publication date: 2007
Language: English


ABSTRACT. For academic administrators, the management of research remains a matter more of hope than expectation. It has proved particularly difficult to measure quality. Managers typically view research as an asset. This essay argues that it is more useful to view research and its management as process, and explores the implications of doing so for managers and researchers alike.

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Description On the professional activities of academic administrators.


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Authors & Contributors
Schimank, Uwe
Weldon, Stephen P.
Alfonso-Goldfarb, Ana Maria
Allen, Colin
Case, Peter
Ferraz, Marcia Helena Mendes
Journals
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Acta Baltica historiae et philosophiae scientiarum
Agricultural History
Circumscribere: International Journal for the History of Science
Culture and Cosmos
History of Science
Publishers
Duke University Press
Peter Lang
University of Chicago Press
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Concepts
Classification of knowledge
Management techniques
History of science, as a discipline
Classification
Libraries and archives
Societies; institutions; academies
People
Sarton, George
Jung, Carl Gustav
Khruschchev, Nikita Sergeyevich
McClelland, David Clarence
Neu, John
Whitrow, Magda
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
20th century, early
17th century
19th century
Places
United States
Germany
Soviet Union
Australia
Sweden
Estonia
Institutions
History of Science Society
Borgward-Gruppe
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