Review of social research in DfT
Table of contents
- Front Page
- Foreword by Gillian Smith, Head of Social Research and Evaluation Division
- Action plan
- Executive Summary
- Introduction and Background
- The Remit
- Methodology
- Social Research and Social Researchers
- Making a Distinction
- What is Social Research?
- The Demand for Social Research
- Social Researchers and Social Research Skills
- Summary
- Back to First Principles - What is the Need ?
- Information or Research?
- Managing Knowledge
- Summary
- How is DfT Different?
- Three particularities
- Summary
- The Research Programme
- Formulating the Research Programme
- Co-ordinating the Process
- Research Budgets
- The Role of Ministers
- Summary
- Quality of Research
- DfT Perceptions
- Analysis of Projects
- External Research Base
- Summary
- Organisation of Research in DfT
- Commissioning and Management of Research
- Central Support
- Summary
- Proposals for Change and Reorganisation
- The Analysis
- The Vision
- The Transition
- Summary
- Annex A - Standardised Framework for Project Reviews
- Annex B - Topic Guide
- Annex C - DfT Research Programmes (as of Oct 2003).

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