NDLI: A pseudo-psychological inquiry on research personnel management in the United States

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Varadarajan, K.M.
Copyright Year	2011
Description	Author affiliation: ACIN, TU Vienna, Austria (Varadarajan, K.M.)
Abstract	Research project management differs from traditional project management in several ways. Besides the greater amount of uncertainty involved in the outcome of a research project, issues such as level of technical communication and intellectual property rights play a significant role in a research project. Efficient management of a research project involves more than just efficient allocation of tasks and planning to ensure that all tasks are completed in a timely manner. This paper discusses the non-traditional project management challenges that a research project manager needs to be aware of (largely in the context of research in the United States), in comparison to conventional project management systems and provides analyses and suggestions for efficient research management. The most important aspect of research project management comes from the requirement to manage dynamics of teams involved in the research. The largely unpredictable and unstructured nature of research renders personnel management crucial to the success of a research project. Expectations, work modalities, throughputs and parameters for evaluation of work can vary greatly between researchers causing numerous opportunities for friction. The research project manager holds the key to solving these issues while ensuring that the researchers are able to communicate in a common language of understanding. The various pseudo-psychological facets of individual personnel management that a research project manager needs to deal with are detailed in this paper.
Starting Page	674
Ending Page	679
File Size	172227
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781612849515
e-ISBN	9781612849522
DOI	10.1109/ITMC.2011.5996042
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-06-27
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Project management Europe Companies Educational institutions Personnel Cultural differences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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