Emerging Issues in Administration of Research for Sustainable Development in Modern Africa
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Keywords
Modern Africa, Sustainable development, research, emerging issues
Abstract
Conventionally, research work is characterized as both academic and social operation in nature. This activity is usually designed and administered as an academic pursuit to promote social development in the society. Generally, research is the product of education in nature. Hence, both of these processes are sensitive to and responsive to emerging issues in education and society. Consequently, this paper is designed to discuss the emerging issues that have direct influence on the administration of research work to promote sustainable development in modern Africa. These emerging issues can conveniently be categorized as social, educational, technical, logistical and ethical in nature. This paper discussed specifically the concept of the emerging in modern research; the types/forms of emerging issues in administration of research today; importance of the emerging issues in the design and administration of research in changing times/environment; challenges of managing the emerging issues and their impact on the design and administration or research in a rapidly changing world; the preferred strategies of managing/dealing with these emerging issues in research in modern in modern Africa and, the new and best approaches to conducting research work in modern Africa that is characterized by a myriad of socio-economic problems. Therefore, the main focus or thrust of this paper is on the impact of the emerging issues in research management and the development of modern Africa. The understanding of these emerging issues in research work will facilitate the design and administration of the continental development agenda driven by research for this century and beyond.
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