In Search Of Scientific Excellence

Author : Ronald K. Mitchell,Richard N. Dino
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849807630

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In Search of Research Excellence by Ronald K. Mitchell,Richard N. Dino Pdf

This path-breaking book gathers ??best practices?? advice from the masters about how to achieve excellence in entrepreneurship research, how to create an outstanding research career and how to avoid the pitfalls that can sidetrack emerging scholars. Combining narratives from the 2009 and 2010 Entrepreneurship Exemplars Conferences, the authors frame the dialogue using person-environment fit theory and present keynote addresses and dialogue sessions that bring together editors and authors to reach into the unexplored corners of the top-tier research craft. This book makes explicit the tacit knowledge of top-tier research, giving all readers access to ??how-to?? advice from research-craft masters. Learn what Howard Aldrich, Jay Barney, Michael Hitt, Duane Ireland, Patricia P. McDougall and S. ??Venkat?? Venkataraman have to say about making research efforts count toward building a fulfilling and rewarding research career. Employing a combination of web and text media, this easy-to-read volume caters to researchers who may lack proximity to world-class sounding boards. This guidebook offers a clear portrayal of the realities of progress milestones within a top-tier research career and is a must-read for all emerging scholars - in entrepreneurship and beyond.

Author : Frans Beemt,Peter de Zoete
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Proposal writing for grants
ISBN : 9490947563

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In Search of Scientific Excellence by Frans Beemt,Peter de Zoete Pdf

'Excellence' is said to be the sole criterion in grant decision-making. How excellence is judged by funding organizations is difficult to grasp. This book will help scientists acquire grants for basic research from national and international funding organizations. It describes the processes involved and explains the way in which decisions on the giving of grants are made by peer reviewers and field panels or juries. The book focuses on the best strategy for beginning the process, and it supplies information on how to cope with the application form and the way it is handled by the different people involved in the assessment of scientific excellence. In Search of Scientific Excellence is based on hundreds of cases in which the authors have been involved with over the last ten years. Table of Contents include: Grants in Science * Defining Your Own Quality * The Search for Originality * Bending Your Thoughts to Match Criteria * Writing Your Proposal from Beginning to End * Nine Months Later * Physics, Life Sciences, and Humanities: A World of Differences * The End of Science * References

Author : Sönke Bartling,Sascha Friesike
Publisher : Springer
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319000268

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Opening Science by Sönke Bartling,Sascha Friesike Pdf

Modern information and communication technologies, together with a cultural upheaval within the research community, have profoundly changed research in nearly every aspect. Ranging from sharing and discussing ideas in social networks for scientists to new collaborative environments and novel publication formats, knowledge creation and dissemination as we know it is experiencing a vigorous shift towards increased transparency, collaboration and accessibility. Many assume that research workflows will change more in the next 20 years than they have in the last 200. This book provides researchers, decision makers, and other scientific stakeholders with a snapshot of the basics, the tools, and the underlying visions that drive the current scientific (r)evolution, often called ‘Open Science.’

Author : McLean, Robert ,Tijssen, Robert,Wallace, Matthew L.,Kraemer-Mbula, Erika
Publisher : African Minds
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781928502067

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Transforming Research Excellence by McLean, Robert ,Tijssen, Robert,Wallace, Matthew L.,Kraemer-Mbula, Erika Pdf

Modern-day science is under great pressure. A potent mix of increasing expectations, limited resources, tensions between competition and cooperation, and the need for evidence-based funding is creating major change in how science is conducted and perceived. Amidst this ‘perfect storm’ is the allure of ‘research excellence’, a concept that drives decisions made by universities and funders, and defines scientists’ research strategies and career trajectories. But what is ‘excellent’ science? And how to recognise it? After decades of inquiry and debate there is still no satisfactory answer. Are we asking the wrong question? Is reality more complex, and ‘excellence in science’ more elusive, than many are willing to admit? And how should excellence be defined in different parts of the world, particularly in lower-income countries of the ‘Global South’ where science is expected to contribute to pressing development issues, despite often scarce resources? Many wonder whether the Global South is importing, with or without consenting, the flawed tools for research evaluation from North America and Europe that are not fit for purpose. This book takes a critical view of these issues, touching on conceptual issues and practical problems that inevitably emerge when ‘excellence’ is at the center of science systems. Emerging from the capacity-building work of the Science Granting Councils Initiative in sub-Saharan Africa, it speaks to scholars, as well as to managers and funders of research around the world. Confronting sticky problems and uncomfortable truths, the chapters contain insights and recommendations that point towards new solutions – both for the Global South and the Global North.

Author : Michał Klichowski,Anna Sakson-Boulet,Paulina Pospieszna
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Computers
ISBN : 363186941X

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In Search of Academic Excellence by Michał Klichowski,Anna Sakson-Boulet,Paulina Pospieszna Pdf

All papers of this edition give an opportunity for reflection on the chances, challenges and difficulties associated with the long-term transformation of higher education and scientific activities. Therefore, the concept of "scientific excellence" has been perceived as a guiding idea in the academics' efforts. On the other hand, it seems to be an ideal that can never be achieved but towards which one ought to strive persistently. Furthermore, the pursuit of excellence is accompanied by contradictions which have been pointed out many times in the history of academia in Poland. This publishing series embodies the belief in the existence of the so-called invisible college, i.e., the research community, exemplified by young scientists starting their academic path inspired by recognized professors.

Author : Agnieszka Gromkowska-Melosik,Tomasz R. Szymczynski,Bartosz Hordecki
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3631864779

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In Search of Academic Excellence in Social Sciences and Humanities in Poland by Agnieszka Gromkowska-Melosik,Tomasz R. Szymczynski,Bartosz Hordecki Pdf

All texts in this volume give an opportunity to reflect in-depth on the opportunities, challenges and difficulties associated with the continuous transformation of higher education and scientific activities. In this context, the concept of "scientific excellence" has been perceived as a guiding idea in the scholars' efforts. At the same time, it can be seen as an ideal that can never be achieved but towards which one ought to strive persistently. Additionally, the pursuit of perfection is accompanied by paradoxes, which have been pointed out many times in the history of human thought. The volume embodies the belief in the existence of an invisible college understood as a research community embodied by young scientists starting their academic path inspired by recognized professors.

Author : Thomas J. Peters,Robert H. Waterman, Jr.
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780062263612

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In Search of Excellence by Thomas J. Peters,Robert H. Waterman, Jr. Pdf

The "Greatest Business Book of All Time" (Bloomsbury UK), In Search of Excellence has long been a must-have for the boardroom, business school, and bedside table. Based on a study of forty-three of America's best-run companies from a diverse array of business sectors, In Search of Excellence describes eight basic principles of management -- action-stimulating, people-oriented, profit-maximizing practices -- that made these organizations successful. Joining the HarperBusiness Essentials series, this phenomenal bestseller features a new Authors' Note, and reintroduces these vital principles in an accessible and practical way for today's management reader.

Author : Mary Blair-Loy,Erin A. Cech
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780226820149

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Misconceiving Merit by Mary Blair-Loy,Erin A. Cech Pdf

An incisive study showing how cultural ideas of merit in academic science produce unfair and unequal outcomes. In Misconceiving Merit, sociologists Mary Blair-Loy and Erin A. Cech uncover the cultural foundations of a paradox. On one hand, academic science, engineering, and math revere meritocracy, a system that recognizes and rewards those with the greatest talent and dedication. At the same time, women and some racial and sexual minorities remain underrepresented and often feel unwelcome and devalued in STEM. How can academic science, which so highly values meritocracy and objectivity, produce these unequal outcomes? Blair-Loy and Cech studied more than five hundred STEM professors at a top research university to reveal how unequal and unfair outcomes can emerge alongside commitments to objectivity and excellence. The authors find that academic STEM harbors dominant cultural beliefs that not only perpetuate the mistreatment of scientists from underrepresented groups but hinder innovation. Underrepresented groups are often seen as less fully embodying merit compared to equally productive white and Asian heterosexual men, and the negative consequences of this misjudgment persist regardless of professors’ actual academic productivity. Misconceiving Merit is filled with insights for higher education administrators working toward greater equity as well as for scientists and engineers striving to change entrenched patterns of inequality in STEM.

Author : Osama Tayeb,Adnan Zahed,Jozef Ritzen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319263809

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Becoming a World-Class University by Osama Tayeb,Adnan Zahed,Jozef Ritzen Pdf

This book written by international experts in the field of educational innovation is a guide for universities to become world-class universities. It contributes to the current international intellectual debate on the future of higher education. It also tells the story of King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) and its effort to become a world-class university. The book discusses excellence in different aspects such as education, research, community services, strategic planning, knowledge economy and international cooperation.

Author : Abhijit Naskar
Publisher : Neuro Cookies
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781386165422

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In Search of Divinity by Abhijit Naskar Pdf

“Theoretical Religion is easy. Even a chimpanzee can get it. What the world needs is Practical Scientific Religion.” “Once upon a time, there was a frog that lived in a well. It was born there and brought up there, and yet was a little, small frog. One day another frog that lived in the sea came and fell into the well. "Where are you from?" "I am from the sea." "The sea! How big is that? Is it as big as my well?" and it took a leap from one side of the well to the other. "My friend," said the frog of the sea, "how do you compare the sea with your little well?" Then the frog took another leap and asked, "Is your sea so big?" "What nonsense you speak, to compare the sea with your well!" "Well, then," said the frog of the well, "nothing can be bigger than my well; there can be nothing bigger than this; this fellow is a liar, so turn him out." This has been the difficulty with religious beliefs all through ages." Is it possible for the civilized human society to see beyond those tiny circles of belief systems? In Search of Divinity is a heart-warming journey towards the Kingdom of Conscience, beyond the never-ending conflicts among orthodox religious belief systems. Celebrated Neuroscientist and International Best-selling Author Abhijit Naskar in his surreal and spell-binding way reveals the path towards the liberation of the mind. He shows us the glimpse of a world, where religious faith doesn't become an impediment in the path of progress of thinking humanity. Naskar's painstaking efforts to build that world represent the quest of billions of peace-loving human beings. In Search of Divinity is the Handbook of Discovering the Kingdom of Absolute Oneness.

Author : Carl J. Sindermann
Publisher : Springer
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 1489960198

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The Joy of Science by Carl J. Sindermann Pdf

Author : Graham Peacock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Science
ISBN : 1904591248

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Excellence in Scientific Enquiry (Year 4) by Graham Peacock Pdf

Author : Charles Murray
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780061745676

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Human Accomplishment by Charles Murray Pdf

A sweeping cultural survey reminiscent of Barzun's From Dawn to Decadence. "At irregular times and in scattered settings, human beings have achieved great things. Human Accomplishment is about those great things, falling in the domains known as the arts and sciences, and the people who did them.' So begins Charles Murray's unique account of human excellence, from the age of Homer to our own time. Employing techniques that historians have developed over the last century but that have rarely been applied to books written for the general public, Murray compiles inventories of the people who have been essential to the stories of literature, music, art, philosophy, and the sciences—a total of 4,002 men and women from around the world, ranked according to their eminence. The heart of Human Accomplishment is a series of enthralling descriptive chapters: on the giants in the arts and what sets them apart from the merely great; on the differences between great achievement in the arts and in the sciences; on the meta-inventions, 14 crucial leaps in human capacity to create great art and science; and on the patterns and trajectories of accomplishment across time and geography. Straightforwardly and undogmatically, Charles Murray takes on some controversial questions. Why has accomplishment been so concentrated in Europe? Among men? Since 1400? He presents evidence that the rate of great accomplishment has been declining in the last century, asks what it means, and offers a rich framework for thinking about the conditions under which the human spirit has expressed itself most gloriously. Eye-opening and humbling, Human Accomplishment is a fascinating work that describes what humans at their best can achieve, provides tools for exploring its wellsprings, and celebrates the continuing common quest of humans everywhere to discover truths, create beauty, and apprehend the good.

Author : Panel on Science and Technology. Meeting
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Science and state
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110102865

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Panel on Science and Technology, Seventh Meeting by Panel on Science and Technology. Meeting Pdf

Author : Eve Fine,Jo Handelsman
Publisher : Wiseli
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12
Category : College teachers
ISBN : 0615711782

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Searching for Excellence and Diversity by Eve Fine,Jo Handelsman Pdf

Recruiting, hiring, and retaining an excellent and diverse faculty is a top priority for colleges and universities nationwide. Yet faculty serving on search committees (or hiring committees) receive little or no education about the search process. Relying on both research and experience presenting hiring workshops to search committee members, the authors of this guidebook provide advice and recommendations for conducting an effective faculty search. The book includes practical suggestions for managing all stages of a faculty search as well as recommendations for ensuring that search committee members recruit women and members of underrepresented groups into their applicant pools and consciously avoid the influence of bias and assumptions in their evaluation of job candidates.