Developments of the evaluation system of government-supported research institutes in Korean science and technology

The evaluation system of the Electronics and Telecommunications Research In stitute (ETRI) - a leading Korean research institute, which has been operat ing its evaluation system since 1993, earlier than 19 other government-supp orted research institutes - is appraised. Desirable directions for the deve lopment of ETRI s evaluation system are suggested. An analytic framework is proposed, comprising evaluation paradigm, basic components of evaluation, supportive components of evaluation and evaluation utilization, and these f our main components are subclassified as 14 subcomponents of R&D evaluation . ETRI needs further development in evaluation activities, especially in ev aluation purposes and evaluation utilization.