Rapid Application Development for a Research Information System: A Case Study

• Author: Maican C., Lixandroiu R.
• Pages: 281-288

Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov

Series V: Economic Sciences • Vol. 8 (57) No. 1 - 2015

Rapid application development for a research

information system: a case study

Ctlin MAICAN1, Radu LIXANDROIU2

Abstract: It can be argued that research is what makes science advance and that higher

education institutions are in the frontline of developing and promoting research projects and

making their results public by means of articles. But the projects and articles have to be

managed at institutional and national level. This paper proposes an implementation case

study: the first part makes a short introduction with an emphasis on the existing research,

the second part presents the implementation objectives, while the third part details the

development and the implementation process.

Key-words: research information system, application development, performance.

1. Introduction

Quality in higher education represents a difficult and multidimensional

concept, which explains why a single and all-encompassing definition of the term

„quality” is lacking. Consequently, an agreement related to “the best way to define

and measure service quality” (Clewes, 2003) does not exist as yet because there is

no consensus on the exact objectives of higher education (HE): production of

qualified manpower, training for a research career, the efficient management of

teaching provision or a matter of extending life chances. This paper discusses

quality from the point of view of research, debating it as research information

management.

Studies related to research and research information management in higher

education institutions (HEI) have been conducted since the wide-spread of HE.

More than a decade ago, Kemp (1999) has defined a policy framework for research

and research training in higher education, his proposals aiming at benefiting people

who participate in the generation and application of research (Kemp, 1999). Another

researcher has examined the applicability of the knowledge management concepts to

higher education institutions in the United Kingdom (Rowley, 2000), as the research

in HE is the base for advancing science. Rowley identifies a number of existing

1 Transilvania University of Braşov, maican@unitbv.ro

2 Transilvania University of Braşov, lixi.radu@unitbv.ro