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The Role of Team and Task Characteristics in R&D Team Collaborative Problem Solving and Productivity.
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Dailey, Robert C. – Management Science, 1978
Analyzes the relationships between task and team properties, collaborative problem-solving, and team productivity. Results indicate that team cohesiveness and task certainty were robust predictors of collaborative problem-solving and productivity for the 45 research and development project groups studied. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Research, Research and Development Centers, Research Methodology
Research Knowledge and Activities of Special Librarians: Results of a Survey.
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Dimitroff, Alexandra – Special Libraries, 1996
Discusses results of a survey of special librarians that investigated research knowledge and activities. Topics include formal and informal training in research methodology; continuing education; barriers to research, including a lack of institutional support; and the disinterest in and lack of understanding about research and its relevance to…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Education, Library Surveys, Professional Continuing Education
The Effective Use of Scientific and Technical Information in Industrial and Non-Profit Settings: A Study of Managerial Interventions.
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Shapero, Albert; And Others – 1978
A study conducted in a non profit research and development organization and the technical development department of a profit corporation was designed to develop and implement interventions that would modify the information-communication behaviors of the technical professionals in these organizations, and to measure and analyze the effects of the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Communication (Thought Transfer), Industry, Information Dissemination
A Handbook for Newcomers to Institutional Research. Institutional Research Information Series, No. 2.
Middaugh, Michael F. – 1991
This handbook gives a broad overview of the practice of institutional research in higher education. The first of the handbook's four chapters describes how to define the context for institutional research by looking at where the institution is now, where it is going, and how it can arrive at its desired end. Chapter 2, which discusses how to…
Descriptors: Experimenter Characteristics, Higher Education, Institutional Research, Measurement Techniques
Educators and External Assistance: Factors Influencing Breadth of Knowledge Sharing.
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Wilson, Bruce L.; Firestone, William A. – 1983
Because of their proximity to local districts and state and local funding, regional educational service agencies (RESA's) and their staffs of linking or change agents are key tools in communicating new knowledge for educational improvement. This paper explores factors promoting knowledge sharing by distinguishing among knowledge bases (research,…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Education Service Centers, Educational Research, Educational Theories
The Relevance of Visual Sequential Memory to Reading.
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Crispin, Lisa; And Others – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1984
Describes technique developed by the Barking Reading Project to judge relevance of visual sequential memory to reading. A study which used this technique to assess the effects of labelling strategy on sequential memory tasks is compared with alternative assessments, and results are discussed in terms of task analysis and structuralist approaches.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries