Enhancing the Vitality of the National Institutes of Health: Organizational Change to Meet New ChallengesNational Research Council, Institute of Medicine, Board on Health Sciences Policy, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Life Sciences, Committee on the Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health National Academies Press, 2003 M07 29 - 164 pages The report says that important organizational changes are needed at the National Institutes of Health to ensure the agency meets future challenges effectively. In particular, the report advises NIH to devote additional resources to innovative interdisciplinary research that reflects its strategic objectives and cuts across all agency's institutes and centers. The report recommends that Congress should establish a formal process for determining how specific proposals for changes in the number of NIH agencies and centers should be addressed. |
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... efforts, and to cooperate in other ways across existing organizational and bureaucratic boundaries. What became clear to us was that there is no compelling set of management principles that would help either in defining an optimal ...
... efforts, and to cooperate in other ways across existing organizational and bureaucratic boundaries. What became clear to us was that there is no compelling set of management principles that would help either in defining an optimal ...
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... efforts narrowly to matters that relate purely to NIH's organization chart. While we tried to take a modest approach to our task, the strong and inevitable symbiosis among mission, priorities, and organization meant that we had to ...
... efforts narrowly to matters that relate purely to NIH's organization chart. While we tried to take a modest approach to our task, the strong and inevitable symbiosis among mission, priorities, and organization meant that we had to ...
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... efforts to consolidate or centralize management functions at NIH, either within NIH or at the DHHS level, should be considered only after careful study of circumstances unique to NIH and its successes in carrying out its research and ...
... efforts to consolidate or centralize management functions at NIH, either within NIH or at the DHHS level, should be considered only after careful study of circumstances unique to NIH and its successes in carrying out its research and ...
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... , and commit to support it for at least 8-10 years so that a sufficient number of projects can reach fruition and a full assessment of program efforts can be made. A program 10 Enhancing the Vitality of the National Institutes of Health.
... , and commit to support it for at least 8-10 years so that a sufficient number of projects can reach fruition and a full assessment of program efforts can be made. A program 10 Enhancing the Vitality of the National Institutes of Health.
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... efforts can be made. A program review should be conducted during the fifth year to provide mid-course guidance. The Committee is convinced that the Intramural Research Program (IRP) of NIH should not be merely an internal extension of ...
... efforts can be made. A program review should be conducted during the fifth year to provide mid-course guidance. The Committee is convinced that the Intramural Research Program (IRP) of NIH should not be merely an internal extension of ...
Contents
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The Changing Nature of Biomedical Science | 51 |
4 The Organizational Structure of the National Institutes of Health | 67 |
5 Enhancing NIHs Ability to Respond to New Challenges | 83 |
6 Accountability Administration and Leadership | 103 |
7 Putting Principles into Practice | 121 |
References | 129 |
Appendixes | 135 |
APPENDIX B Acronyms and Abbreviations | 139 |
APPENDIX C Committee Member Biographies | 143 |
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