[genxy]

What they are saying is that this is nearly a 100% self-own. The department and the academic structure sets the KPIs, like where to publish and how much. This is very much a monkey caught with their hand in a jar moment.

[anigbrowl]

'Scientists' and 'administrators of scientific departments' are two groups with minimal overlap.

[genxy]

Department heads come from the scientific faculty, normally on a tour-of-duty rotation.