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The R. & D. game: technical men, technical managers and research productivity by David Allison, David Allison is a book available to read on EtoBox.

Science has the power to cause the organization to set off in new directions, writes David Allison, even to cause the organization to alter its structure. And through the organization, corporate science is changing the pattern of our lives. Its power has become so manifest that R&D is now understood by a large public to mean the research and development component of a corporation. And yet the actual workings of R&D have themselves been little research up to now. This book confronts many questions about R&D, and if it provides even more answers, that is all to the good at this point _ a real start has finally been made. viii, 322 pages 21 cm "Each of the pieces in this book appeared originally and in somewhat different form in ... [International science and technology]." Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-311) The industrial scientist -- Creativity -- Blocks to creativity -- Freedom in research -- Diversity in research -- Solving problems -- The growth of ideas -- The fear of innovation -- To promote invention -- Loyalties -- What's the boss for? -- Supervision -- Science and the organization -- Basic research in industry -- From research to technology -- From materials

Author

David Allison, David Allison

Publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Published

1969

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262010252

Subjects

Management, Science, Technology