Institutional Research for Effective Management at a Research Institute: Our Future Plans

The recent decline in operating expenses subsidy has made the importance of strategic management more essential for National Research and Development Agencies in Japan. For this reason, it is necessary for executives to grasp the current state of the organization correctly in order to make quick and accurate decisions. As we, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), have many large facilities, and the burden of these operating expenses is increasing. Planning office members in JAMSTEC report on IR policies aimed at capturing the signs of potential issues in advance, and directing the operation toward the future and extracting improvement points.