Performance in Higher Education Institutions and Its Variations in Nordic Policy

Jussi Kivisto; Elias  Pekkola; Laila Nordstrand Berg; Hanne Foss Hansen; Lars Geschwind; Anu Lyytinen

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-11738-2_2

Performance in Higher Education Institutions and Its Variations in Nordic Policy

Jussi Kivisto, Elias Pekkola, Laila Nordstrand Berg, Hanne Foss Hansen, Lars Geschwind, Anu Lyytinen

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance in Higher Education : A Comparative Account from the Nordic Countries
Editors	Romulo Pinheiro, Lars Geschwind, Hanne Foss Hansen, Kirsi Pulkkinen
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date	1 Jan 2019
Pages	37-67
ISBN (Print)	978030117375
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030117382
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11738-2_2
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2019

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Kivisto, J., Pekkola, E., Berg, L. N., Hansen, H. F., Geschwind, L., & Lyytinen, A. (2019). Performance in Higher Education Institutions and Its Variations in Nordic Policy. In R. Pinheiro, L. Geschwind, H. F. Hansen, & K. Pulkkinen (Eds.), Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance in Higher Education: A Comparative Account from the Nordic Countries (pp. 37-67). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11738-2_2

Performance in Higher Education Institutions and Its Variations in Nordic Policy. / Kivisto, Jussi; Pekkola, Elias ; Berg, Laila Nordstrand et al.
Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance in Higher Education: A Comparative Account from the Nordic Countries. ed. / Romulo Pinheiro; Lars Geschwind; Hanne Foss Hansen; Kirsi Pulkkinen. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. p. 37-67.

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Kivisto, J, Pekkola, E, Berg, LN, Hansen, HF, Geschwind, L & Lyytinen, A 2019, Performance in Higher Education Institutions and Its Variations in Nordic Policy. in R Pinheiro, L Geschwind, HF Hansen & K Pulkkinen (eds), Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance in Higher Education: A Comparative Account from the Nordic Countries. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, pp. 37-67. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11738-2_2

Kivisto J, Pekkola E, Berg LN, Hansen HF, Geschwind L, Lyytinen A. Performance in Higher Education Institutions and Its Variations in Nordic Policy. In Pinheiro R, Geschwind L, Hansen HF, Pulkkinen K, editors, Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance in Higher Education: A Comparative Account from the Nordic Countries. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. 2019. p. 37-67 doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-11738-2_2

Kivisto, Jussi ; Pekkola, Elias ; Berg, Laila Nordstrand et al. / Performance in Higher Education Institutions and Its Variations in Nordic Policy. Reforms, Organizational Change and Performance in Higher Education: A Comparative Account from the Nordic Countries. editor / Romulo Pinheiro ; Lars Geschwind ; Hanne Foss Hansen ; Kirsi Pulkkinen. Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. pp. 37-67

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