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is to move to other journals. Greens aims to publish in renowned journals such
as Science and Nature. As for the Staff Learning and Development Perspective,
researchers are constantly improving. Guerra (2019) believes that researchers with
varied academic backgrounds bring success to the center. All researchers at the
center have access to information from the working groups, because the purpose is
to create a co-creation space. That is why researchers are motivated to participate
democratically and productively. Guerra (2019) states that the center has a deliberate
anarchic structure that allows freedom to create. Thus, people feel more comfortable
and therefore produce more.
The center already participates in research projects and edicts, and aims to continue
participating and strengthening partnerships, as well as constantly seeking new partnerships. Finally, the biggest financial benefit that Greens generates is scholarships,
made available according to students’ commitment and results. All of these factors
allow the visualization of a strategic Greens map as shown (Fig. 4).
5 Conclusions
In order to help Greens achieve its goals and manage the research group, the study
aimed to apply the BSC, called BSC Greens Group. Following the steps of the
BSC, the group’s mission, vision and values were defined and validated with the
coordinator and responsible for Greens. Subsequently, strategic maps were defined
based on the following perspectives: (1) Scientific Research; (2) Community; (3)
Enabling Internal Processes; (4) Staff Learning and Development.
Greens has an adequate physical structure. In addition, undergraduate, master’s,
doctoral students and professors develop and promote research and extension at the
university and in the community in which they operate. The study contributes for practical purposes, to structure the goals and assist in the management of the group. The
study also contributes regarding scientific purposes, bringing an adaptation and/or
adequacy of the BSC to a research group.
This research is limited to the theory and methods used. The research is also
limited to the research group studied, however, just as it was possible to adapt the
BSC to the Greens, it may be possible to adapt the BSC to other research groups. For
future studies, the adaptation of the BSC in other research organizations would be
valid, as well a study a few years later to analyze how much the BSC implementation
contributed to the organizations.
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is to move to other journals. Greens aims to publish in renowned journals such
as Science and Nature. As for the Staff Learning and Development Perspective,
researchers are constantly improving. Guerra (2019) believes that researchers with
varied academic backgrounds bring success to the center. All researchers at the
center have access to information from the working groups, because the purpose is
to create a co-creation space. That is why researchers are motivated to participate
democratically and productively. Guerra (2019) states that the center has a deliberate
anarchic structure that allows freedom to create. Thus, people feel more comfortable
and therefore produce more.
The center already participates in research projects and edicts, and aims to continue
participating and strengthening partnerships, as well as constantly seeking new partnerships. Finally, the biggest financial benefit that Greens generates is scholarships,
made available according to students’ commitment and results. All of these factors
allow the visualization of a strategic Greens map as shown (Fig. 4).
5 Conclusions
In order to help Greens achieve its goals and manage the research group, the study
aimed to apply the BSC, called BSC Greens Group. Following the steps of the
BSC, the group’s mission, vision and values were defined and validated with the
coordinator and responsible for Greens. Subsequently, strategic maps were defined
based on the following perspectives: (1) Scientific Research; (2) Community; (3)
Enabling Internal Processes; (4) Staff Learning and Development.
Greens has an adequate physical structure. In addition, undergraduate, master’s,
doctoral students and professors develop and promote research and extension at the
university and in the community in which they operate. The study contributes for practical purposes, to structure the goals and assist in the management of the group. The
study also contributes regarding scientific purposes, bringing an adaptation and/or
adequacy of the BSC to a research group.
This research is limited to the theory and methods used. The research is also
limited to the research group studied, however, just as it was possible to adapt the
BSC to the Greens, it may be possible to adapt the BSC to other research groups. For
future studies, the adaptation of the BSC in other research organizations would be
valid, as well a study a few years later to analyze how much the BSC implementation
contributed to the organizations.