| Session Title: Effectiveness of Evaluation From the Perspective of Outcomes on Research Units and Research-supportive and Administrative Departments in National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) |
| Multipaper Session 664 to be held in the Granite Room Section C on Friday, Nov 7, 3:25 PM to 4:10 PM |
| Sponsored by the Research, Technology, and Development Evaluation TIG |
| Chair(s): |
| Osamu Nakamura, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, osamu.nakamura@aist.go.jp |
| Discussant(s): |
| Katsuhisa Kudo, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, k.kudo@aist.go.jp |
| Abstract: With the introduction of evaluation system from the perspective of outcomes, research units in AIST have come to have a clear scenario of research and development toward outcomes by showing roadmaps with clear goal, milestone and benchmark. The leaders of research units have good communication with members to discuss about their strategies to induce innovations. The evaluation system has been encouraging research units to have a strategic management in their research activities. On the other hand, the evaluation of research-supportive and administrative departments has been leading a variety of advancement of their services with promoting of changes in the consciousness of members. They have been challenging to have long-term approaches to collaborate with other department to support the activities of research units for innovation. In this session, some of the good examples of research units and research-supportive and dministrative departments through the evaluation system in AIST will be introduced. |
| Effects of Evaluation from the Perspective of Outcomes on Research Units in National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) |
| Osamu Nakamura, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, osamu.nakamura@aist.go.jp |
| Shinichi Ito, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, s24.ito@aist.go.jp |
| Kunio Matsuzaki, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, k.matsuzaki@aist.go.jp |
| Hironori Adachi, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, h.adachi@aist.go.jp |
| Tetsuo Kado, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, t-kado@aist.go.jp |
| Syuichi Oka, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, s.oka@aist.go.jp |
| In the evaluation committees which are held biannually in the second research term (FY2005-2009), research units must present 1) roadmaps for research projects to show the research strategy, 2) outputs such as publications or patents to show the potency, and 3) management of research units to orient to the expected outcomes in the future. Through evaluations, research units have come to have a clear scenario of research and development toward outcomes by showing roadmaps with clear goal, milestone and benchmark. The leaders of research units have good communication with members to discuss about their strategy by giving workshops inside, for example. The evaluation system from the perspective of outcome has been encouraging research units to have a strategic management in their research activities. In this session, some concrete examples of roadmaps they prepared and good management will be introduced as well as their good achievements to bring about outcomes. |
| Effects of Evaluation on Research-supportive and Administrative Departments in National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) |
| Tomoko Mano, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, mano-tomoko@aist.go.jp |
| Osamu Nakamura, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, osamu.nakamura@aist.go.jp |
| Osamu Nakamura, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, osamu-nakamura@aist.go.jp |
| Hisao Ichijo, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, ichijo-h@aist.go.jp |
| Katsuhisa Kudo, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, k.kudo@aist.go.jp |
| AIST has been developing the evaluation system of research-supportive departments and administrative departments, in order to improve the service, to increase the efficiency, and to activate the works to collaborate with research units for creating industrial innovation. Each department has been working to support the activities of research units to establish outcomes collaboratively. The evaluation has been carried out in the way of management by objectives. The targets set by each department at the beginning of fiscal year are self-judged and then reviewed by evaluation committee composed of external and internal members, at the end of fiscal year. Through evaluations, they have come to show a variety of advancement of their services with promoting of changes in the consciousness of members. They have been challenging to have long-term approaches to collaborate with other department to support the activities of research units for innovation. |