Tudományszervezési Tájékoztató, 1969

5. szám - Bibliográfia

SOME PROBLEMS OF THE ORGANIZATION OF R+D ACTIVITIES IN THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Two East German scientists prepared a comprehensive study on the organization of R+D, and emphasized that the tasks to be solved in this field would become ever more complex.The authors point to the peculiarities of working processes and their special requirements in the field of R+D, and starting out from them they make inferences as to methods which seem to promise the most effective outcome. In this context, they underline the importance of certain methods, first of all the application of PERT-technique. The adoption of these methods permits the stochastic elements of R+D to be considered by way of the calculus of probabilities. It also permits that the necessary corrections might be made in the course of work, based on the periodic control of working processes. The authors enlarge upon the organizational problems of the performance and structure of research work, and emphasize the advantages and necessity of flexibility in research organization. REORGANIZATION OF RESEARCH IN FRANCE AND THE CNRS The committees engaged in the reorganization of scientific and technological research in France were active in five major fields: research policy and research support, organization and management of research, personnel problems, relationship between research and the universities, research and its application. The main effort of scientists is aimed at safeguarding their independence and at securing adequate support for their work. The scientists also take a keen interest in the settling of problems relating to the hierarchy of research institutions and bodies concerned in R+D, as well as in improving the career opportunities and working conditions of scientific workers, and in realizing the rentability of research. THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY As a part of a series of review articles surveying the leading research institutes of the world, this survey gives an outline of the history, organization, tradition, activities, and the fellowship system of the CALTECH. SCANDINAVIAN SYMPOSIUM ON THE UTILIZATION OF INFORMATION Relying on Swedish material, the review article outlinès the 1967 Symposium of the Scandinavian countries which discussed the problems of informatin within industrial companies and in the individual branches of industry. Although the Scandi852