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Management is concerned with optimal deployment of resources in order to attain some defined goal. I believe that many research scientists would argue that the goals of research are so diffuse that it is a subjective judgement as to whether or not one has reached them; that the whole concept of management can be applied to the research process only in a metaphorical sense. They might argue that, in a society which has seen a growing emphasis on efficiency, there are limits to be drawn. Should we attempt to manage the production of music, of poetry?
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Sir David Phillips, ‘Funding the UK science base: modes of support’, Scientific Public Affairs, vol.4 (1989) pp.59–63.
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Ash, E. (1991). The Management of Pure and Applied Science Research in Academia. In: Hague, D. (eds) The Management of Science. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21275-0_5
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