Special feature : Methodology of Research Evaluations.
The Current State of the R&D Evaluation of Japanese Government,
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| Shinichi AKAIKE (Planning and Evaluation Division, Science and Technology
Bureau, Science and Technology Agency (STA) |
| Abstract : With regard to the evaluation of the Research and Development
of Japan's Government, Science and Technology Basic Plan(Cabinet Decision,
July 1996) prescribes the principles concerning impartial evaluation. The
Prime Minister decided "National Guideline on the Method of Evaluation for
Government R&D" in August 1997. Fifteen Ministries and Agencies are carrying
out evaluation of themes and institutions under this guideline. According
to the investigation of the Policy Committee of the Council for Science
and Technology, the current state is that most of R&D are evaluated in accordance
with the guideline, but the evaluation is now on start line and expected
to progress further. |
| Keywords : Evaluation / Research and Development /
National Guideline / Science and Technology Basic Plan / Theme Evaluation
/ Institution Evaluation |
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Special feature : Methodology of Research Evaluations.
Research and Development Evaluation at Corporations,
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| Iwao TODA (Fujitsu Laboratories Limited ) |
| Abstract : Research and development at corporations is carried out in
pursuit of profits and innovation of corporate culture and is characterized
by being an object of corporate management. The evaluation of research
and development is directly reflected to a variety of management actions
implemented on the basis of the results. This article describes the purposes,
patterns, activity items and products of research and develoment at corporations,
and clarifies differences from research at universities. Philosophy of
R & D evaluation at corporations, management actions that should be taken
as a result of evaluation, objects of R & D evaluation, criteria for evaluating
each of such objects and methods of evalurtion are outlined. |
| Keywords : research and development at corporations
/ profits / innovation of corporate culture / differences from research
at universities / philosophy of R & D evaluation at corporations/management
actions that should be taken as a result of evaluation / objects of R &
D evaluation / criteria for evaluating each of such objects / methods of
evaluation |
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Special feature : Methodology of Research Evaluations.
Consideration Concerning Research Evaluation at Universities,
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| Atsunori YAMANOI (Research Institute for Higher Education, Hiroshima
University (1-2-2 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima 739-8512))
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| Abstract : The purpose of this thesis refers what should be of
the research evaluation at the university in Japan. The evaluation of universities
began to be introduced against the background of student's consumer ism
and accountability. The universities evaluation began to be executed in
the system by reforming the university requirement for establishment in
1991 in our country. However, it is clarified that the result by which
the unniversity evaluation is executed does not function enough by various
investigations. It is a background by which they introduces an external
evaluation of the university. And the research budget of the university
in each country have a tendency to be distributed according to the result
of the research evaluation. The citation analysis, the analysis of who's
who in science, the eponimity analysis, and the academic prize analysis,
etc. were explained here as a concrete research evaluation method at university.
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| Keywords : University evaluation / Research evaluation
/ Index of research evaluation / Academic productivity / University professor
/ Sociology of science / Academic profession |
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