Books.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.
Overview
The book takes the view that discovery is the outcome of successful science, and that organisations play a central role in facilitating or inhibiting discovery. John Hurley argues against the theory that creativity only leads to scientific discovery and suggests a model of the processes leading to discovery including both individual and organisational processes.
The book contains black-and-white illustrations.
Synopsis
The book takes the view that discovery is the outcome of successful science, and that organisations play a central role in facilitating or inhibiting discovery. John Hurley argues against the theory that creativity only leads to scientific discovery and suggests a model of the processes leading to discovery including both individual and organisational processes.
Booknews
Considerable attention is paid to scientific creativity and very little to the organizational factors which support discovery. Hurley (organizational psychology, Dublin city U.) draws on interviews with 16 Nobel laureates to explore how the chances of discovery can be increased by the implementation of a research organization model that facilitates the effective selection of scientists, their development and training, and scientific leadership. Includes appendices of questionnaires and interview questions used in the study. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.