{"product_id":"best-practices-in-assessment-of-research-and-development-organizations-summary-of-a-workshop-9780309266161","title":"Best Practices in Assessment of Research and Development Organizations: Summary of a Workshop","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): National Research Council | Division on Engineering and Physical Sci | Laboratory Assessments Board\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: National Academies Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: National Academies Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)--recognizing that information and insights gained through continual examination of practices for organizational assessment are useful for decision makers at organizations across the deferral, industrial, academic, and national laboratory sectors-recently requested that the National Research Council (NRC) organize a panel to review best practices in assessment of research and development (R\u0026amp;D) organizations. In response, the NRC established the Panel for Review of Best Practices in Assessment of Research and Development Organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe panel was charged to consider means of assessing the following in a manner that satisfies the requirements of NIST to perform effective assessments but also identifies assessment methods that can be applied selectively to other R\u0026amp;D organizations. These methods include: technical merit and quality of the science and engineering work, the adequacy of the resources available to support high-quality work, the effectiveness of the agency's delivery of the services and products required to fulfill its goals, the degree to which the agency's current and planned R\u0026amp;D portfolio supports its mission, as well as the agency's flexibility to respond to changing economic, political, social and technological contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs one means of data gathering, among others that the panel is performing toward development of a final report of its findings, the panel organized a planning committee for a workshop on best practices in assessment of R\u0026amp;D organizations. \u003cem\u003eBest Practices in Assessment of Research and Development Organizations: Summary of a Workshop\u003c\/em\u003e reviews the workshop conducted at the Keck Center of the National Academies in Washington, D.C., on March 19, 2012.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46357761884311,"sku":"9780309266161","price":2993.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780309266161.webp?v=1769306055","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/best-practices-in-assessment-of-research-and-development-organizations-summary-of-a-workshop-9780309266161","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}