Research and application: An approach to management problems in an R and D laboratory

A varied research effort, with a social-behavioral science orientation, conducted within a government R and D laboratory is discussed. The nature of the research, which includes studies of group inter-relationships and processes, criteria of research performance and creativity, organizational structures and environments, and the relationship of these to the management of research and development, is described. Problems of applying research findings (in-house research as well as findings reported in the recent literature); the role of the researcher; the use of outside consultants; etc., are considered.