5th August 2011, 12:28 AM
i agree Vulpz - properly rounded PersOns are the way to go - some room for specialising in types of research and tasks - e.g. Proper DBA/EIA/Archive Researchers who specialise in this are a good thing, and i like working with them - recent graduates doing DBA, WB or Evals is another thing entirely....(horses for course, yes, but keep the yearlings off the racetrack!)
There is another aspect to consider though : not always so good for objectivity/multiple perspectives when one person carries an entire project from DBA to Publication.....a suspicious mind would also the potential for un-reflexive practice to perpetuate bad practice ad finitum....a very suspicious mind could suspect the deliberate fabrication/obfuscation of data for commercial or institutional gain.....
Never-the-less this does not change my view that nothing much can be achieved without returning to the issue of copyright and proper attribution of contributions to projects - for example: really the Manager should be making the samllest contribution to data and technical interpretation, and certainly not soaking up the credit for others work!!!!
There is another aspect to consider though : not always so good for objectivity/multiple perspectives when one person carries an entire project from DBA to Publication.....a suspicious mind would also the potential for un-reflexive practice to perpetuate bad practice ad finitum....a very suspicious mind could suspect the deliberate fabrication/obfuscation of data for commercial or institutional gain.....
Never-the-less this does not change my view that nothing much can be achieved without returning to the issue of copyright and proper attribution of contributions to projects - for example: really the Manager should be making the samllest contribution to data and technical interpretation, and certainly not soaking up the credit for others work!!!!