Downsizing Big Science: Strategic Choices

W. Henry Lambright

doi:10.2307/976566

Downsizing Big Science: Strategic Choices

W. Henry Lambright

Department of Public Administration

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The 1990s have been an era of cutback management and down-sizing in government. How do agencies cope with sharply diminished resources? NASA's Big Science satellite program, until recently called "Mission to Planet Earth," illuminates issues that can affect all agencies and programs in the current era. For comparison, the Space Station and the Department of Energy's Superconducting Supercollider are also addressed. Three strategies suitable for cutback eras are discussed: resistance, mitigation, and a mix of resistance/mitigation. The goal of these strategies is not the customary one of survival and growth; it is survival and stability. Leadership is always important in governing Big Science. It is especially so in cutback times.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	259-268
Number of pages	10
Journal	Public Administration Review
Volume	58
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/976566
State	Published - 1998

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