How do research programs establish their mission, goals, and objectives so that they can respond to existing, anticipated and projected challenges? What criterion is considered in developing strategic plans for these programs? How do these programs build bridges and partnerships with other researchers to strengthen their capacity? What are the advantages and disadvantages? What are effective models of conducting research programs that can yield maximum return on research investments? This paper will analyze how research programs develop their mission. It will assess how programs delivered their services. How did they build bridges to tap into the reservoir of expertise and knowledge yet still maintain a focus on the mission of the organization? How did they manage to bridge the perspective gap between their needs, goals, and mission and those of their partners? What are the advantages and disadvantages of maintaining these partnerships? How did these programs manage to strike a balance that maximize benefits and minimize disadvantages? The product of this paper will be a synthesis of what managers of these programs attest as successful strategies and models that had made possible the conception of enabling programs. For the covering abstract see ITRD E135448.
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