NATIONAL E-STRATEGIES FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

This paper investigates empirically different ways to organize e-strategies of Research and Development (R&D) among Malaysian ministries. This study examines the dynamic cycle of e-strategies namely Web resources, Web tools, Assessment and Continual Quality Assessments through the content analyses of the Ministries’ websites. All the strategies support the mission and objectives of the organizations. As universities are seen as the catalysts for the development of R &D, the national policies support them by a means of investment of grants and other strategies which assist the growth of the economy. The Ministries are yet to adequately reflect truly comprehensive and integrated strategies for harnessing and exploiting these potentials in order to gear for internationalization and collaboration across countries. The flaws in the assessment and CQI should be heeded to provide a better system of monitoring. This paper provides interesting insights into the trend of e-strategies of R&D employed by Ministry of Higher Education and Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation in Malaysia. The model of e-strategies utilized in the study will provide guidelines for policy makers within the Ministries in improving their e-strategies to realize their visions and missions. Further research should focus on the e-strategies of universities in Malaysia to ascertain the trends adopted in realizing the vision and mission of Ministries in R&D agenda.