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Performance indicators and rational management tools: A compatative assessment of projects in North America and Europe

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Performance assessment projects have appeared on the landscape of higher education at public and independent universities in North American and Europe. This paper represents work in progress that develops a classificatory schema to critically compare these rational management initiatives along several dimensions, for example, conceptual underpinnings, governance, levels of aggregation, usage patterns, and the like. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of these initiatives for organizational change and some lessons for institutional researchers in North American and Europe.

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Nedwek, B.P., Neal, J.E. Performance indicators and rational management tools: A compatative assessment of projects in North America and Europe. Res High Educ 35, 75–103 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02496663

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