[Nsa] SEMINAR ON SURVEY OF NCAR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL STAFF

[Anne Oman]

SEMINAR ON SURVEY OF NCAR SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL STAFF

TO: 		All Scientific and Technical Staff
WHAT: 	        Seminar and Survey Announcement
WHO: 		Dr. Diana Rhoten, Social Science Research Council
WHEN: 	        Monday, 24 January, 2:00 – 3:30, FL2-1001 and
		Tuesday, 25 January, 9:00 – 10:30, ML Main Seminar 
Room

The NCAR Directorate has asked Dr. Diana Rhoten (Social Science 
Research Council) and Mr. Andrew Parker (Stanford University) to 
design and administer a survey to measure and characterize the 
collaborative activities undertaken at NCAR by the scientific and 
technical staff (ladder scientists, associate scientists, project 
scientists, engineers and software engineers). We believe that the 
survey results will help us document the extent of the 
interdisciplinary research undertaken at NCAR and will assist us 
with understanding and evaluating the impact of the NCAR 
reorganization. 

Dr. Rhoten’s and Mr. Parker’s research focuses on examining 
interdisciplinary research.  They are particularly interested in 
examining the composition and methods of research teams and groups 
and investigating how these factors influence the conduct of 
research programs and experiments and the products produced. They 
are particularly interested in studying NCAR because of the wide 
range of research areas studied within the organization. 

The survey is nearly ready to be administered, so in order to 
provide you with more information we have invited Dr. Rhoten to 
present two seminars on the survey’s processes, goals and results. 
Please join us at FL (on Monday) or ML (on Tuesday) for one of the 
seminars.