The offspring of new public management in English Universities: 'Accountability', 'performance measurement', 'goal-setting' and the prodigal child - the RAE

New Public Management emphasizes the importance of Accountability and Performance evaluations. The purpose of this article is to explore the use of performance models and goal-setting in universities as a means for gaining insight into the use of similar performance approaches in the broader context...

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Published in:Public management review 2003-12, Vol.5 (4), p.573-583
Main Author: Talib, Ameen Ali
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accountability
England
goals
Management
motivation
New Public Management
Public administration
Public management
Public sector
Public services
research assessment
Research Assessment Exercise (RAE)
United Kingdom
Universities
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Summary:New Public Management emphasizes the importance of Accountability and Performance evaluations. The purpose of this article is to explore the use of performance models and goal-setting in universities as a means for gaining insight into the use of similar performance approaches in the broader context of the new public management. The article deals with the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) which is a research evaluation mechanism used by the English Higher Education Funding Council (HEFCE) to determine the distribution of research funding among the universities.
ISSN:1471-9037
1471-9045
DOI:10.1080/1471903032000178590