Performance management in UK universities: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-124

  Taylor, John ^a   Baines, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

balanced scorecard; evaluation; governance; performance management; strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860310959     PISSN: 1360080X     EISSN: 14699508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360080X.2012.662737     Document Type: Article

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