## Abstract Building on the main themes presented in the volume, this chapter explores their implications for institutional research. Their underlying premise is that institutional research could and should play a critical role in advancing the knowledge management paradigm: transforming data into
On the Nature of Institutional Research and the Knowledge and Skills It Requires
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- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Weight
- 53 KB
- Volume
- 1999
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-0579
- DOI
- 10.1002/ir.10402
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
This chapter perceives institutional research as comprising three tiers of organizational intelligenceβtechnical/analytical intelligence, issues intelligence, and contextual intelligence. Each tier requires variable kinds of knowledge and skills that can be acquired in different ways.
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