Research and Management – (Assumed) Opposites Approach!

Professionalization in research systems gains in importance. Against the background of changing general conditions of research, methods and instruments of modern management become eligible tools for researchers and research managers. By reference to the university further education program "CAS Research Management" (Certificate of Advanced Studies), the demand for professional management by the research system as well as the researchers and the research managers can be elucidated. The area of tension between research and management is highlighted and it is eventually illustrated which new roles and job profiles develop in the research system.

15.12.2010 | Patricia Tremel & Andreas Fischer (Bern)