Defence research in Canada

The organization had its headquarters in Ottawa. The headquarters scientific staff was organized as closely as possible along the lines of the staff in one of the Armed Services so that the headquarters scientific staff could work closely at all levels with the Services. It was through this staff that the Board got from the Services detailed knowledge of their requirements: if, was not’ just a formulated statement af requirements but also-what they were thinking about or worrying about and it was also through the contact of the two staffs that the Board got back not only the results of its research but, also the results of any other scientific research which was relevant, and was available either in Canada or from other countries. Headquarters scientific staff was responsible after it got the requirements from the services for trying to place these requirements in suitable research agencies where a solution may be found. Attempts were made to use all the resources that were available in Canada and these resources could be roughly divided into four qroups: first of all. The laboratories run by the Defence Research Board itself ; second, a group of Government laboratories mostly federal, but some provincial also ; thirdly, the universities and finally the industrial research laboratorie

Operations research is needed at home and abroad in development

Meeting: Canada's Role in Science and Technology for Development, 10-13 May 1979, Toronto, Ont., CAIn IDL-406

Developing cities

Library has French version: Halte à la croissance des centres internationaux ? NonLibrary has Spanish version: Investigacion orientada hacia la accio

Desarrollo urbano

Versión inglés en la biblioteca: Steering a wise course for agricultural researchVersión francés en la biblioteca: Halte à la croissance des centres internationaux ? No

Villes du Tiers-Monde

Version anglaise disponible dans la Bibliothèque numérique du CRDI: Steering a wise course for agricultural researchVersion espagnole dans la bibliothèque: Investigacion orientada hacia la accio

Commentary

Comments about Churchman, C. W., A. H. Schainblatt. 1965. The researcher and the manager: A dialectic of implementation. Management Sci. 11 (4) B69-B87.