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The 1996 Research Assessment Exercise for Business and Management[Note 1. We acknowledge the assistance we have received in writing ...]
Author(s) -
Cooper Otley Cary, David
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
british journal of management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.407
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1467-8551
pISSN - 1045-3172
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8551.00076
Subject(s) - research assessment exercise , subject (documents) , quality (philosophy) , government (linguistics) , process (computing) , business , engineering ethics , political science , computer science , engineering , higher education , library science , philosophy , linguistics , epistemology , law , operating system
A substantial component of government funding for university research in the UK is now based upon an evaluation of the quality of research being conducted in each university, on a subject by subject basis. This paper describes the processes involved in the 1996 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) for business and management studies. It is argued that the strength of the current process lies in the peer review of the quality of research outputs. In addition, some of the issues needing to be resolved in undertaking such an exercise are described and evaluated. Finally, based on the authors' exposure to the full range of management research currently being conducted in the UK, some suggestions are made regarding future research directions.