Multiple criteria decision-making techniques in higher education

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 319-337

  Ho, William ^a   Dey, Prasanta K ^a   Higson, Helen E ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Higher education; Performance measurement (quality); Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745478864     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540610676403     Document Type: Article

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