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Management and Budget
Management
The institute has adopted management methods that have enhanced its ability to
stay at the forefront of international social research. Committees ensure that the
service units – the administration, the computer department, the editorial and
public relations unit, the library and the secretaries – stay in close touch with the
researchers and their projects, and that the flow of information between research
and service staff remains open.
Functional Committees
The directors, researchers, service staff and student assistants are all represented
on the functional committees of the institute. The committees are chaired by
researchers. Meetings are scheduled as needed.
The Library Committee, which includes researchers, library staff and other staff
members, discusses which journals and databases should be subscribed to or cancelled,
and supports the library staff in adapting its classification system to
research developments at the institute. The Computer Committee includes representatives
from all research and service groups to ensure broad input and discussion
on IT innovations. The Publications Committee is a forum in which
researchers, the directors and the publication group discuss the institute’s publication
policy and publication management. In addition, the committee chair
organizes the internal and external peer review of the institute’s book series (published
by Campus Verlag) and its Discussion Paper and Working Papers series. The
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