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Excerpt from Information Flow in an R& D LaboratoryThere are, of course, possible measures that can be applied to reduce the organizational boundary impedance. One that may well take place under uncon trolled circumstances is a two-step process, analogous to that found in public Opinion research, in which certain key individuals act as bridges linking the organization members to the outside world. Information then enters the organi zation most...

Excerpt from Institutional Roles in Technology TransferThe rapid expansion of the world's store of scientific and technological knowledge presents the small nation with a particularly vexing problem in maintaining its scientific and technological communities abreast of foreign developments. To assure its survival and growth the small country must not only acquire foreign scientific and technological information, but it must also solve the more...

Excerpt from Criteria for Selection of an Information SourceAs a result, a large number of what have come to be called user studies (investigations of the information seeking behavior of scientists and engineers) have been performed over the past ten years. Such studies endeavor to deter mine (1) the effectiveness of currently used information channels, or (2) the criteria governing the selection of information channels. Most such studies, unt...

Excerpt from The Relation of Internal Communication to R& D: Project Performance as a Function of the Nature of the ProjectA survey methodology was used to sample all work related communications over a period of fifteen weeks. Data were collected via questionnaires which were distributed on randomly selected days. The sampling days were chosen so that there would be an equal number of each of the different weekdays in the sample.About the Publ...

Excerpt from Meeting the Technical Information Needs of Research and Development ProjectsData from a large number of recent research studies are brought to bear on the problem of providing for the technical information needs of research and development projects. The importance of proper support by the tech nical staff is shown, and it is argued that the best way to couple the project team to information sources outside the organization is by a...

Excerpt from Organizational Structure, Information Technology and R and D ProductivityAllen (1977) In cases of engineers working on identical problems in different organizations, higher performers obtained higher proportion of ideas from colleagues within the organization.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important h...

Excerpt from Report of a Field Experiment to Improve Communications in a Product Engineering Department: The Non-Territorial Office, December, 1971All measurements, with the exception of the performance measures were applied to both the experimental department and a control department doing similar work at one of the company's other plants, about 200 miles away.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and clas...

Excerpt from Transferring Technology to the Small Manufacturing Firm: A Study of Technology Transfer in Three CountriesCase histories were compiled of 100 instances of technological change in 100 manufacturing companies in eight industries in Ireland, Spain and Mexico. The cases are analyzed for the source of initial ideas and for sources of technology employed in resolving major problems.Technology is found to flow principally through informa...

Excerpt from Technology Transfer to Developing Countries: The International Technological GatekeeperHow then does the scientist or engineer working in a developing country with st refiources isolate and identify those pieces of the vast reservoir of the 1d's accumulated technical knowledge that are relevant to his current work?About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgott...

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Excerpt from Organizational Structure, Information Technology and R and D Productivity Allen (1977) In cases of engineers working on identical problems in different organizations, higher performers obtained higher proportion of ideas from colleagues within the organization. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an imp...

Excerpt from Institutional Roles in Technology Transfer The rapid expansion of the world's store of scientific and technological knowledge presents the small nation with a particularly vexing problem in maintaining its scientific and technological communities abreast of foreign developments. To assure its survival and growth the small country must not only acquire foreign scientific and technological information, but it must also solve the mo...

Excerpt from Research Program on the Management of Science and Technology: Transferring Technology to the Firm, Report of a Pilot Study in Irish IndustryDuring the summers, of 1972, 1974, 1975 and 1976, 81 firms in 12 indus tries2 were approached and asked to cooperate in the study. From this ini tial sample, there were two outright refusals, and four firms disqualified themselves because they were no longer involved in manufacturing. The firm...

Academic thought-leaders in the field of technology transfer analyze critically the factors behind success-oriented entrepreneurial start-up cultures on university campuses.

The original edition of this book summarized more than a decade of work on communications flow in science and engineering organizations, showing how human and organizational systems could be restructured to bring about improved productivity and better person-to-person contact.

Excerpt from Transferring Technology to the Small Manufacturing Firm: A Study of Technology Transfer in Three Countries Case histories were compiled of 100 instances of technological change in 100 manufacturing companies in eight industries in Ireland, Spain and Mexico. The cases are analyzed for the source of initial ideas and for sources of technology employed in resolving major problems. Technology is found to flow principally through inf...

Excerpt from Time Allocation Among Three Technical Information Channels by R& D Engineers Four government funded parallel research and development projects are examined to determine the manner in which engineers and scientists allocate their time, and the effect of this a location on the outcome of the projects. The use of matched pairs of projects allows the relative evaluation of outcomes by technical monitors in the customer agencies. The...