Performance in Higher Education Institutions and Its Variations in Nordic Policy

TY - CHAP

T1 - Performance in Higher Education Institutions and Its Variations in Nordic Policy

AU - Kivisto, Jussi

AU - Pekkola, Elias

AU - Berg, Laila Nordstrand

AU - Hansen, Hanne Foss

AU - Geschwind, Lars

AU - Lyytinen, Anu

PY - 2019/1/1

Y1 - 2019/1/1

N2 - The need for greater efficiency, productivity and quality in the higher education sector has triggered increased governmental interest towards different mechanisms of accountability, especially evaluation and performance measurement. This interest has developed over a relatively long period of time, but it has now reached its culmination point in many ways. For instance, advances in citation tracking, performance data collection and databases and the professionalisation of evaluative practices and methods have opened new avenues for verifying accountability. This chapter offers definitions for the key concepts used throughout the book, as follows: Accountability, evaluation, and performance measurement and management. Each section is followed by a short contextualisation of the concept in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The chapter ends with a short discussion about the policy convergence between Nordic countries and the reasons for it.

AB - The need for greater efficiency, productivity and quality in the higher education sector has triggered increased governmental interest towards different mechanisms of accountability, especially evaluation and performance measurement. This interest has developed over a relatively long period of time, but it has now reached its culmination point in many ways. For instance, advances in citation tracking, performance data collection and databases and the professionalisation of evaluative practices and methods have opened new avenues for verifying accountability. This chapter offers definitions for the key concepts used throughout the book, as follows: Accountability, evaluation, and performance measurement and management. Each section is followed by a short contextualisation of the concept in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The chapter ends with a short discussion about the policy convergence between Nordic countries and the reasons for it.

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-11738-2_2

DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-11738-2_2

M3 - Book chapter

SN - 978030117375

SP - 37

EP - 67

BT - Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance in Higher Education

A2 - Pinheiro, Romulo

A2 - Geschwind, Lars

A2 - Hansen, Hanne Foss

A2 - Pulkkinen, Kirsi

PB - Palgrave Macmillan

CY - Cham

ER -