A Workshop to Discuss Future Directions for the Innovation and Organizational Change Program (August 2006, Amherst, MA)

这是一项为期两天的研讨会，专门讨论对创新和组织变革计划的未来至关重要的几个问题：1)目前创新和组织研究最重要和最有前途的领域；2)新数据库的需求(如果有的话)，以实现更有效的创新和组织研究；以及3)哪些跨学科联系在短期内似乎是最有成效的投资。研讨会将就如何最好地使相关研究界处理与科学政策倡议和美国竞争力倡议有关的新的联邦优先事项提出见解。与会者将是来自组织、心理、社会学和政治学学术专业组织的编辑和科长。他们包括在这些科学中普遍代表性不足的群体的成员。这些领导者有能力就相关领域的现状和研究团体的需求向NSF提供最广泛、最准确、最新的观点。研讨会的输出将是一份汇编参与者意见的白皮书。它将被用来为国际奥委会的计划战略提供信息。此外，它还将用于向相关科学界感兴趣的成员通报有希望的研究方向，这些方向将推动该领域的发展，并为国家利益服务。

This is a proposal to hold a two-day workshop dedicated to several issues central to the future of the Innovation and Organizational Change program: 1) what are the most important and promising areas for innovation and organization research at this time; 2) what are the needs (if any) for new databases to enable more effective innovation and organization studies; and 3) what cross-disciplinary linkages appear most fruitful for investment in the short run. The workshop will yield insights into how best to enable the relevant research communities to address new federal priorities associated with the Science of Science Policy initiative and the American Competitiveness initiative. Attendees will be editors and section heads from organizational, psychological, sociological and political science academic professional organizations. They include members of groups generally underrepresented in these sciences. These leaders are well positioned to offer NSF the broadest, most accurate, up-to-date perspective possible with regard to the current state of the relevant fields and the needs of the research communities.The output of the workshop will be a white paper compiling the participant input. It will be used to inform IOC program strategies. Additionally, it will be used to inform interested members of the relevant scientific communities about promising directions for research that will advance the fields and serve national interests.