Productivity measurement in R & D : productivity measurement experiment (Promex) in selected research and development programs at the National Bureau of Standards / John T. Hall and Roger A. Dixon.

Author/creator Hall, John T. author.
Other author Dixon, Roger A., author.
Other author United States. National Bureau of Standards, issuing body.
Format Book
PublicationWashington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1975.
Description48 pages in various pagings ; 27 cm
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Portion of title Productivity measurement experiment (Promex) in selected research and development programs at the National Bureau of Standards
SeriesNBS technical note ; 890
NBS technical note ; https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n42033257 890. ^A4336
Contents Abstract -- Statement of purpose -- Summary -- Overview and experiment -- Conduct of experiment -- Results.
Abstract This report describes an experiment in productivity measurement conducted at the National Bureau of Standards. The experiment concludes that no matter how sophisticated the analysis and synthesis processes become, statistical counts of output media (e.g., publications, citations, invited talks) will not serve as reliable measures of R&D productivity. The conduct of the experiment included a work sampling study, a communications study, an output analysis, a value analysis approach to developing criteria for selection and evaluation of programs, construct of a rating system for evaluation of programs, and construction of a model of the R&D process.
General note"CODEN: NBTNAE."
General noteGPO Historic Shelflist Project- publication not in hand.
General noteGPO Cataloging Record Distribution Program (CRDP).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 34-48).
Date/time/place of a event noteIssued December 1975.
LCCN76352014
GPO item number0249-A
Govt. docs number C 13.46:890

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