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Georges Ferné, « La gestion de la recherche au début des années 80 : problèmes et tendances », Revue française d'administration publique (documents), ID : 10670/1.2gjf1m
Management of research in the early 80’s. Ever since the early seventies a change in the conception of managerial policies for the research systems of industrialized countries has been observed. Government officiais no longer believe that «the researchers’curiosity » will direct spontaneously research towards attempts to provide a solution to specifie social or economie problems. The result has been an increasing trend towards planning and control of research and innovation procedures. However the awareness is spreading that these efforts have shown their limits and that they involve certain dangers. Consequently, several countries have changed their approach by attempting to arrive at a better balance between central control and a certain autonomy left to those who carry out research. Therefore, new attempts have been recorded with a view to arriving at new decision-making modules for research policies.