311354 (v.2) Contexts for Research and Development Management

Area:	John Curtin Institute of Public Policy
Credits:	25.0
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Syllabus:	The practice of research management is shaped to a large extent by the policy and structural contexts within which institutions, and researchers function. Thus, research managers operating at the higher levels of the profession require advanced understandings of discourses of globalisation, such as 'the knowledge economy'; those of national interest such as 'the national innovation system'; and conceptual debates in connection with quality, impact, scientific merit, 'public good' and triple bottom line thinking as determinants of the value proposition for research activity in both the public and the private sectors. The unit aims to introduce you to a number of concepts and analytical approaches necessary for the development and critical appraisal of your understanding of the environments within which research management practices take place, and for the development of practical responses to maximise the efficiency and effectiveness of research management in those environments.
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Field of Education:	080399 Business and Management not elsewhere classified
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Fully Online *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2009	Bentley Campus	Semester 2					Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External