Decision - Making in a University Physics Department

Abstract

In the preceding article, a physicist discussed some of the factors which inhibit creativity in physics. In this article, Professor Marcson, a sociologist at the Bureau of Economic Research, Rutgers University, delves into the authority and decision- making activities of an actual physics department. Since neither author was aware of the other's article, the congruence of points, particularly in regard to the climate for discovery, is of special interest.