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Issues in the Management of Social Science Research Centres 1
Author(s) -
Walker Robert
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
higher education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.976
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1468-2273
pISSN - 0951-5224
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2273.1991.tb01556.x
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , social research , public relations , discipline , control (management) , political science , sociology , public administration , management , business , social science , economics , philosophy , linguistics
Recent years have seen a marked increase in the number, size and importance of social science research centres. The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), government departments and the universities have variously been responsible for this development, which has accompanied a greater emphasis on applied and multi‐disciplinary research. The business‐orientation of the centres has encouraged a new, managerial approach to research activity. Here, issues are discussed which relate to corporate development and performance control, finance, personnel, strategy and development, external relations, dissemination and utilisation. It is concluded that centres need to consolidate their role, and that this can only be achieved with the assistance of the sponsoring institutions.