Scorecard on Research Development (SORD): Online

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What is your organisation's primary purpose?* This field is required.
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Production of research for development impact
Use of research for development impact
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How is big is your organisation?
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31-50 staff
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HOW TO USE THIS SCORECARD:

This exercise asks you and your team, within a group discussion, to assess and mark your organisation across six domains. These six domains are necessary conditions for sustainable capacity development in research development impact.

Assess each domain in your organisational context:

1. Vision: clarity and authority of leadership in relation to prioritising the production and use of quality research evidence for development in policy and practice;

2. People: sufficiency and diversity of human resources to implement the vision of ethical research for development;

3. Skills: adequacy of academic/technical/management/political capabilities amongst the people to commission/conduct/translate/engage on/use ethical, quality and relevant research for development;

4. Motivation: adequacy of incentives and motivators to utilise the skills in research for development impact;

5. Systems: adequacy of structures and processes to coordinate and manage motivated and skilled people in development research impact;

6. Resources: sufficiency of resources to implement quality research for development systems.

Before you start:

Skills domain: Consider a range of skills in this progress marker, including effective partnering in research, engaging on and communicating research with users.

Context: Capture key points of your discussion around the progress markers to provide contextual insights into your reasons and the processes of change across your organisation during the workshop plenary discussion including evidence or illustrative cases.

YOUR RESULTS:

You will be able to see the results after you complete the Scorecard.

You can also choose to have your organisation's results emailed to you.

You will be able to compare your organisation's results with an anonymised, aggregated set of data. This data is comprised of all the different organisations that have used the Scorecard.

Your organisational results can help guide strategic planning and culture discussions with your team and leadership.
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DOMAIN 1: VISION FOR PRODUCTION OF RESEARCHHow does your organisation score for clarity and authority of leadership, in relation, to prioritising the production and use of quality research evidence for development in policy and practice?
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Leaders are uninformed about, resist, or do not value ensuring development research impact
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Leaders passively or notionally support and value ensuring development research impact
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Leaders overtly prioritise and value ensuring development research impact
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Leaders are uninformed about, resist, or do not value ensuring development research impact
Leaders passively or notionally support and value ensuring development research impact
Leaders overtly prioritise and value ensuring development research impact
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ReasonsWhat are some of the reasons your team chose to score the way you did?
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DOMAIN 2: PEOPLE FOR PRODUCTION OF RESEARCHHow does your organisation score for sufficiency and diversity of human resources to implement the vision of ethical research for development?
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Insufficient staff to carry any responsibility for ensuring development research impact
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Adequate staff with notional or shared responsibilities for ensuring development research impact
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Sufficient staff with dedicated responsibilities for ensuring development research impact
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Insufficient staff to carry any responsibility for ensuring development research impact
Adequate staff with notional or shared responsibilities for ensuring development research impact
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ReasonsWhat are some of the reasons your team chose to score the way you did?
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DOMAIN 3: SKILLS FOR PRODUCTION OF RESEARCHHow does your organisation score for adequacy of academic/technical/management/political capabilities amongst the people to commission / conduct / translate / engage on / use ethical, quality and relevant research for development?
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Insufficient staff to carry any responsibility for ensuring development research impact
Row 0, Column 0
Adequate staff with notional or shared responsibilities for ensuring development research impact
Row 1, Column 0
Sufficient staff with dedicated responsibilities for ensuring development research impact
Row 2, Column 0
Insufficient staff to carry any responsibility for ensuring development research impact
Adequate staff with notional or shared responsibilities for ensuring development research impact
Sufficient staff with dedicated responsibilities for ensuring development research impact
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ReasonsWhat are some of the reasons your team chose to score the way you did?
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DOMAIN 4: MOTIVATION FOR PRODUCTION OF RESEARCHHow does your organisation score for adequacy of incentives and motivators to utilise the skills in research for development impact?
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Staff are unmotivated or confront disincentives for ensuring development research impact
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Staff rely on intrinsic motivation for ensuring development research impact
Row 1, Column 0
Staff embrace overt incentives to prioritise ensuring development research impact
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Staff are unmotivated or confront disincentives for ensuring development research impact
Staff rely on intrinsic motivation for ensuring development research impact
Staff embrace overt incentives to prioritise ensuring development research impact
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ReasonsWhat are some of the reasons your team chose to score the way you did?
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DOMAIN 5: SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCTION OF RESEARCHHow does your organisation score for adequacy of structures and processes to coordinate and manage motivated and skilled people in development research impact?
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No structures or processes to manage and ensure development research impact
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Informal structures and processes to manage and ensure development research impact
Row 1, Column 0
Explicit structures and processes to manage and ensure development research impact
Row 2, Column 0
No structures or processes to manage and ensure development research impact
Informal structures and processes to manage and ensure development research impact
Explicit structures and processes to manage and ensure development research impact
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ReasonsWhat are some of the reasons your team chose to score the way you did?
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DOMAIN 6: RESOURCES FOR PRODUCTION OF RESEARCHHow does your organisation score for sufficiency of resources to implement quality research for development systems?
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Low level of resources allocated to ensuring development research impact
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Adequate, albeit unreliable, resources allocated to ensuring development research impact
Row 1, Column 0
High level and dedicated resources allocated to ensuring development research impact
Row 2, Column 0
Low level of resources allocated to ensuring development research impact
Adequate, albeit unreliable, resources allocated to ensuring development research impact
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ReasonsWhat are some of the reasons your team chose to score the way you did?
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DOMAIN 1: VISION FOR USE OF RESEARCH How does your organisation score for clarity and authority of leadership in relation to prioritising the production and use of quality research evidence for development in policy and practice?
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Leaders are uninformed about, or resist, or do not value use of research evidence
Row 0, Column 0
Leaders passively or notionally support and value use of research evidence
Row 1, Column 0
Leaders<br>overtly prioritise and value use of research evidence
Row 2, Column 0
Leaders are uninformed about, or resist, or do not value use of research evidence
Leaders passively or notionally support and value use of research evidence
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ReasonsWhat are some of the reasons your team chose to score the way you did?
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DOMAIN 2: PEOPLE FOR USE OF RESEARCHHow does your organisation score for sufficiency and diversity of human resources to implement the vision of ethical research for development?
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Insufficient staff to carry any responsibility for use of research evidence
Row 0, Column 0
Adequate staff (women or men) with notional or shared responsibilities for use of research evidence
Row 1, Column 0
Sufficient staff (women and men) with dedicated responsibilities for use of research evidence
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Insufficient staff to carry any responsibility for use of research evidence
Adequate staff (women or men) with notional or shared responsibilities for use of research evidence
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ReasonsWhat are some of the reasons your team chose to score the way you did?
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DOMAIN 3: SKILLS FOR USE OF RESEARCHHow does your organisation score for adequacy of academic/technical/management/political capabilities amongst the people to commission/conduct/translate/engage on/use ethical, quality and relevant research for development?
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Staff lack skills in use of research evidence
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Staff demonstrate adequate competency in use of research evidence
Row 1, Column 0
Staff with superior competency in use of research evidence
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Staff lack skills in use of research evidence
Staff demonstrate adequate competency in use of research evidence
Staff with superior competency in use of research evidence
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ReasonsWhat are some of the reasons your team chose to score the way you did?
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DOMAIN 4: MOTIVATION FOR USE OF RESEARCHHow does your organisation score for adequacy of incentives and motivators to utilise the skills in research for development impact?
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Staff are unmotivated or confront disincentives for use of research evidence
Row 0, Column 0
Staff rely on intrinsic motivation for use of research evidence
Row 1, Column 0
Staff embrace overt incentives to prioritise use of research evidence
Row 2, Column 0
Staff are unmotivated or confront disincentives for use of research evidence
Staff rely on intrinsic motivation for use of research evidence
Staff embrace overt incentives to prioritise use of research evidence
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ReasonsWhat are some of the reasons your team chose to score the way you did?
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DOMAIN 5: SYSTEMS FOR USE OF RESEARCHHow does your organisation score for adequacy of structures and processes to coordinate and manage motivated and skilled people in development research impact?
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No structures or processes to manage use of research evidence
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Informal structures and processes for managing use of research evidence
Row 1, Column 0
Explicit structures and processes to manage use of research evidence
Row 2, Column 0
No structures or processes to manage use of research evidence
Informal structures and processes for managing use of research evidence
Explicit structures and processes to manage use of research evidence
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ReasonsWhat are some of the reasons your team chose to score the way you did?
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DOMAIN 6: RESOURCES FOR USE OF RESEARCHHow does your organisation score for sufficiency of resources to implement quality research for development systems?
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Low level of resources allocated to use of research evidence
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Adequate, albeit unreliable, resources allocated to use of research evidence
Row 1, Column 0
High level and dedicated resources allocated to use of research evidence
Row 2, Column 0
Low level of resources allocated to use of research evidence
Adequate, albeit unreliable, resources allocated to use of research evidence
High level and dedicated resources allocated to use of research evidence
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ReasonsWhat are some of the reasons your team chose to score the way you did?
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