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Excerpt from The Relation of Internal Communication to R& D: Project Performance as a Function of the Nature of the Project Numerous research studies have shown the importance of communication in Rd organizations. The evidence strongly suggests that internal communication is positively related to R&D, project performance (Allen, 1964, 1977, Baker et al, 1967, Goldhar, et al, 1976), all supporting the proposition that the best source of inform...

Excerpt from Information Flow in an R& D Laboratory Several recent studies (Shilling and Bernard, 1964, Allen, 1964, 1966b, 1966c) of industrial and government scientists and engineers have shown an inverse relation between extra-organizational communication, contrasting with a direct relation between intra-organizational communication, and performance. A related study of academic scientists (Hagstrom, 1965) in which the organization (an acad...

Excerpt from Criteria for Selection of an Information Source The criteria employed by engineers in the selection of various technical information channels in problem-solving endeavors are investigated. The relationships of certain criteria identified in past research to such factors as frequency of channel utilization and the rate at which engineers accept or reject technical information received from specific channels are the focal points of...

Excerpt from The Utilization of Information Sources During R& D Proposal Preparation The overriding questions of The design and scale of information systems can only be solved, however, with better'knowledge of The information needs of The users and an understanding of The role which Technical information plays in research and development. A first step in This direction is The measurement of both The relative de pendence upon and benefits der...

Excerpt from Technology Transfer to Developing Countries: The International Technological Gatekeeper How 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 Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.f...

Excerpt from Technical Communication Among Scientists and Engineers in Four Organizations in Sweden: Results of a Pilot Study This research was supported by a grant from the National Swedish Board for Technical Development (Stu). The authors wish to express their appreciation for the cooperation of Sveriges Civilingenjorsforbund and the management and employees of the four organizations studied. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes...

Excerpt from Report of a Field Experiment to Improve Communications in a Product Engineering Department: The Non-Territorial Office, December, 1971 All 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 Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare an...

Excerpt from Sources of Ideas and Their Effectiveness in Parallel R& D Projects: July 1965Seven sets of parallel R D projects involving I5 labora Tories are examined. Data gathered by sqtion development Re cords-a form which provides a weekly estimate of The probability of adoption of The approaches under consideration as possible solutions To a Technical problem-and post - project interviews with The engineers responsible for each problem. Th...

Despite the homogenization of American life, areas of strong regional consciousness still persist in the United States, and there is a growing interest in regionalism both among the public and among academics. In response to that interest ten folklorists here describe and interpret a variety of American regional cultures in the twentieth century. Sense of Place is the first book to deal specifically with regional culture and the first to emplo...

Excerpt from Meeting the Technical Information Needs of Research and Development Projects For long periods of time in two fields between which there is little interchange. It is only when some communication is established between the fields that an as sociation between the components is enabled and the innovation can occur. This is why great scientific discoveries are often preceded by a movement from one discipline to another of the discover...