Travailler en projets dans la R & D

This article discusses the setting up of organization by project in a unit of R & D in the sector of energy. It shows that one of the main effects of the policy of “modernization” of R & D conducted during the past three decades is to increase time constraints in research. First, the underly...

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Main Authors: Lucie Goussard, Guillaume Tiffon
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: ADR Temporalités
Series:Temporalités
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/temporalites/2578
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description This article discusses the setting up of organization by project in a unit of R & D in the sector of energy. It shows that one of the main effects of the policy of “modernization” of R & D conducted during the past three decades is to increase time constraints in research. First, the underlying control devices in the managerial part of their work led researchers to devote more time to account for what they do, instead of to their scientific production. Then, the intensification of the work caused by the introduction of multi-projects generated extremely time-consuming “costs of coordination” and a phenomenon of dispersion hardly conducive to the concentration that their research activities require, to the point that some tasks, such as reading or writing, are carried out at odd moments, during time off and recovery time. Finally, adjusting to client and market demands give rise to a kind of research engineering, restricting researchers to projects which more and more resemble short-term and directly applicable studies.
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spelling doaj.art-0ba2d5cd6c364a43a427fd07eeb7abf62024-02-13T14:02:53ZfraADR TemporalitésTemporalités1777-90062102-58781810.4000/temporalites.2578Travailler en projets dans la R & DLucie GoussardGuillaume TiffonThis article discusses the setting up of organization by project in a unit of R & D in the sector of energy. It shows that one of the main effects of the policy of “modernization” of R & D conducted during the past three decades is to increase time constraints in research. First, the underlying control devices in the managerial part of their work led researchers to devote more time to account for what they do, instead of to their scientific production. Then, the intensification of the work caused by the introduction of multi-projects generated extremely time-consuming “costs of coordination” and a phenomenon of dispersion hardly conducive to the concentration that their research activities require, to the point that some tasks, such as reading or writing, are carried out at odd moments, during time off and recovery time. Finally, adjusting to client and market demands give rise to a kind of research engineering, restricting researchers to projects which more and more resemble short-term and directly applicable studies.https://journals.openedition.org/temporalites/2578industrial researchorganization by projecttime constraintsresearch managementcustomer orientation
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Guillaume Tiffon
Travailler en projets dans la R & D
Temporalités
industrial research
organization by project
time constraints
research management
customer orientation
title Travailler en projets dans la R & D
title_full Travailler en projets dans la R & D
title_fullStr Travailler en projets dans la R & D
title_full_unstemmed Travailler en projets dans la R & D
title_short Travailler en projets dans la R & D
title_sort travailler en projets dans la r d
topic industrial research
organization by project
time constraints
research management
customer orientation
url https://journals.openedition.org/temporalites/2578
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