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Sydney; University of New South Wales Press; 2012. paperback in very good condition, pages tanned, gift inscription on first page. 358 pages
Icon in Crisis: The Reinvention of CSIRO. by Sandland, Ron; Thompson, Graham - 2012
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Sydney: NewSouth / University of New South Wales Press, 2012. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, figures, few tiny dents front cover & first few pages, pages faintly toned, minor edgewear. 358 pp. After facing funding cuts and loss of reputation in 2001, CSIRO (Australiaâs government research organisation) set about reinventing itself through what became known as its National Flagship Initiative. The authors were involved with the initiative and designing many of its systems and processes. Charts in detail CSIRO's successful drama filled transformation.
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- Keywords australian government, organizations, organisations, science, research
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Paperback / softback. New. In 2001, CSIRO's future looked shaky. The Australian government had announced a big increase in public funding for science, but had pointedly left the iconic national research agency out when it came to distributing the cash. Facing the threat of funding cuts and loss of reputation, CSIRO set about reinventing itself through what became known as its National Flagship Initiative. This book is the story of that program, told by Ron Sandland who led the initiative and Graham Thompson who designed its systems and processes. To achieve the changes that were necessary for its survival, CSIRO had to wrestle with almost every aspect of its identity and culture. A new way of doing science was in the making, one designed to bring together the nation's best minds to tackle some of its biggest challenges - including water, energy and the future of food. The result: the biggest shakeup in the history of CSIRO. And it paid off - the agency received extra funding and won the…
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