1. ANZAM Institutional Members’ Forum, 11 December 2010
Managing Research Productivity in the Era of PBRF and ERA Delwyn Clark Waikato Management School

2. New Zealand PBRF Results, 2003 and 2006
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3. New Zealand PBRF Results, 2003-2006
Average quality scores increased:
Strategic recruitment
Restructuring
Reclassification of staff
New category “New and Emerging” faculty
Improved EPs (content and writing)
New publications (including Special Issues)
Collaborative research
Higher quality research
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Tertiary Sector
University
Faculty
Department/School
Individuals

5. Managing Research Productivity
Dept/School
Strategy
Practices
Plans
Profile
Performance
Individuals
Strategy
Personal
Practices
Plans
Profile
Performance
Faculty
Strategy
Policies
Processes
Plans
Profile
Performance
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6. Managing Research Productivity: Principles
Strategic focus on research
Recruit excellent researchers and research leaders
Develop comprehensive policies incl. specific guidelines for research quality and quantity
Provide resources and incentives
Facilitate strong research culture
Routinise research and writing
Monitor research performance systematically and follow up on non-performance
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7. Managing Research Productivity: Pitfalls/Challenges
Research as “residual” activity
Quality of leadership
Effective implementation of policies, processes and practices
Alignment of interests with strategic focus
Taking actions for non-performance
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9. Performance Based Research Fund Aims
Increase the average quality of research
Ensure that research continues to support degree and postgraduate teaching
Ensure that funding is available for postgraduate students and new researchers
Improve the quality of information on research outputs
Prevent undue concentration of funding that would undermine research support for all degrees or prevent access to the system by new researchers; and
Underpin the existing sector strengths in tertiary education research
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10. New Zealand Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF)
1st PBRF research quality evaluation
2nd PBRF research quality evaluation
3rd PBRF research quality evaluation - scheduled 2012
Approximately $250 Million allocated each year
60% research quality of individual faculty {8671 eligible staff}
70% research quality – 4 best research outputs + platform
15% peer esteem (PE) – up to 30 items
15% contributions to research environment (CRE) – 30 items
25% research degree completions {2575 in 2007}
15% external research income {322 Million}
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11. PBRF Outcomes
Increase in share of world indexed publications by NZ university authors since PBRF introduced
Increase in share of world indexed citations by NZ university authors since PBRF introduced
Overall relative academic impact of research has increased since PBRF was introduced
Between , the relative academic impact of NZ university research was higher than the G8 universities in 3 out of 10 broad subjects – includes Business & Economics
Between , the relative academic impact of NZ university research was higher than the NonG8 universities in 8 out of 10 broad subjects
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