Project Management for Scholarly Researchers

1 The Research Environment of Today

DOI: 10.1201/9781003212911-1

1.1 Introduction

The research environment of today is far more complex and dynamic than what obtained in the distant past. Consequently, today’s research environment is best addressed from a systems-thinking perspective, which is a core focus of this book. With increasing diversity of interests, business entanglements, political pressures, cut-throat competition, dynamic opportunities, global alliances, international strife, social discords, compressed travel times, and the growing digital platforms, research must adapt to the emerging environments (Badiru et al., 2016). Every aspect of our daily life is predicated on some aspects of the outputs of research, either directly ...