Assessing and improving the effectiveness of national research laboratories

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 228-235

  Jordan, Gretchen B ^a   Streit, L Devon ^b   Binkley, J Stephen ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b McNeil Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Competing values; Employee attitude survey; Improvement process; National laboratories; Organizational effectiveness; Research environment; U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

COMPETING VALUES; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS; RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS;

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037596699     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2003.810820     Document Type: Article

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