title: Supporting R&D: the role of a professional organisation, Part 1.
abstract: The first of two articles describes how a professional organisation responded to external developments and tried to co-ordinate its research and development (R&D) activity. For the first time an attempt was made to develop a strategy by eliciting the views of stakeholders. The R&D agenda was examined from the perspective of research, management, education and practice and led to the development of an agreed strategy for the Royal College of Nursing. The suitability of this approach as a mechanism for strategy development and as a lever for change is examined and its potential pertinence to other organisations is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Royal College of Nursing, University of Manchester.
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authors.lastname: McMahon
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authors.lastname: Kitson
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D012109:Research Support as Topic / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D013222:State Medicine; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D006113:United Kingdom