Title :
Using information technology to leverage research productivity
Author :
Mallak, Larry A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. & Manuf. Eng., Western Michigan Univ., Kalamazoo, MI, USA
Abstract :
New information technologies provide tremendous leverage to research, especially as practiced in a traditional teaching university seeking to become a research institution. The paper reports several applications of fax machines, teleconferencing combined with taping and transcription databases, and the Internet as powerful and inexpensive tools for achieving greater research output with minimal increases in resources. A survey on ISO 9000 implementation conducted via fax machine generated a 74% response rate and required only a $300 budget. Other examples of using information technology to leverage research productivity are offered
Keywords :
ISO standards; Internet; certification; database management systems; economics; engineering education; facsimile; human resource management; research and development management; teaching; teleconferencing; ISO 9000 implementation; Internet; fax machines; information technology; research institution; research output; research productivity; taping; teaching university; teleconferencing; transcription databases; Databases; Education; Information technology; Internet; Lakes; Machinery production industries; Manufacturing industries; Productivity; Switches; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering and Technology Management, 1996. IEMC 96. Proceedings., International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3552-X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMC.1996.547840
