La burocrazia nella ricerca pubblica
Parte III
Organizzazione e Project Management negli Enti Pubblici di Ricerca L’analisi del CNR
[The Bureaucracy in the Public Research.  Organization and Project Management within Public Research Bodies. The CNR’s analysis, part three]

Mario Coccia
Ceris-Cnr, Italia e Max-Planck Institute of Economics, Germania
Alessandro Gobbino
Ceris-Cnr, Italia
Secondo Rolfo
Direttore Ceris-Cnr, Italia
Ceris-Cnr
Via Real Collegio, 30
10024 Moncalieri (To) – Italy
Tel.: +39.011.6824.925;  Fax: +39.011.6824.966
email: m.coccia@ceris.cnr.it
           s.rolfo@ceris.cnr.it
           agobbino@tiscalinet.it

 

 Abstract: The organization of public research labs plays a fundamental role to increase their efficiency and the production of scientific research necessary to economic system. The paper presents the main organizational studies carried out on public research bodies in U.S.A. and Europe. After that this research analyzes the organization of the biggest public research body in Italy, showing the points of strength and weakness. Some public management implications and relationship with bureaucracy complete the research.

Keywords:  Organizational theory, Matrix structure, Public Research laboratories, Project Management, Bureaucracy

JEL Codes:  B2, C6, D00, O3