Cost-Effectiveness in R and D Organizational Resource Allocation.
Abstract
A method for use in allocating resources to a multi-laboratory, multi-task research and exploratory development program is described. The basic elements of the underlying model are the tasks, projects, and laboratories; contributing sciences and technologies (S and T's); criticality of such fields to achieving organizational objectives; relative values of objectives; and costs of performing tasks. Structural models are developed for interrelating tasks, S and T fields, and objectives. A cost-effectiveness model is developed for use in allocating resources to tasks. Research and exploratory development effectiveness is measured in terms of the value of task contribution to organizational objectives. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0726877
Entities
People
- Burton V. Dean
- Lewis A. Roepcke
Organizations
- Case Western Reserve University