Research without a purpose serves to dilute the very purpose of the entire exercise.
If the point of requesting that research articles be written, then allocate suitable timeframes, specify appropriate personnel that are interested in working on them, allocate rewards… give incentives, recognition.
It shouldn’t be some half-assed attempt to appear intellectual.
Every report takes 10 minutes to prepare. Thats 10 minutes of my life that I feel I have absolutely lost. Taking a poop gives me more satisfaction than writing one of those research reports.
Sigh…. bitter with the sweet…