The impact of the performance measurement systems in setting the 'direction' in the University of Warwick

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-198

  Tapinos, E ^a,b   Dyson, R G ^a,b,c   Meadows, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Warwick Business School ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Direction setting; Higher education; Performance measurement; Universities

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY; DIRECTION SETTING; HIGHER EDUCATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT; UNIVERSITIES;

DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; MEASUREMENTS; PERFORMANCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 32144457213     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280512331333084     Document Type: Article

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