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 Maintaining Core Services

The Organization with a good information system will have the ability not only to examine each core function, but also every position, job, or project. The Organization can work to direct funds to maintain those positions that would increase the efficiency of project research and improve the competitiveness of international grant proposals. Rather than “lowering the costs of research”, and possibly quality, the goal should be to strengthen the returns of research.

Allow More Budget Flexibility and Discretionary Funds

The Organization can introduce a system of devolved budgets. Budgets can be continuously developed throughout the year, not only “at the end of the year.” Budget managers will be given the information needed to make informed decisions and they can be trained on how to use this information. The managers will be responsible for their own decisions.  The system can provide for incentives to the project directors to be more efficient. Included in the budgets will be discretionary funds. By providing on-line information regarding their projects, Principal Investigators (PI) can manage their own budgets more effectively. This provides the flexibility needed in today’s world to compete.

Every aspect of the Organization will be run like a business. The Organization must give a quality product (“research”) at the cost the donors are willing to pay.

Policy documents can be obtained from several other research organizations to use as a template for the Organizations own policies. These policies will be reviewed and recommendations can be made.  

Improve Internal Communication

Internal e-mail service and “group work” programs will be implemented. A group work program will allow all people concerned with a particular project to work on that project on their own computers no matter where they are. All others will see all changes that are made by anyone automatically. Fewer Working-group meetings will take place because all the people in the project will be up-dated at all times and be able to add comments “on line” Since there will be less time spend in meeting, researchers and management will have more productive time available.  

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