Universities Between Politics and Economics: Autonomy, Performance Agreements and Global Budgets at Austrian Universities

Manfried Gantner ()
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Manfried Gantner: Department of Public Finance, The University of Innsbruck

Chapter Chapter 6 in Universities in Change, 2012, pp 87-116 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This article is targeted at university managers and people involved in the field of university (de)regulation. The focus is on autonomy for state-funded universities (hereinafter simply called ‘universities’) and their financial steering through performance agreements and global budgets, bearing in mind the fact that contract management and multi-year global budgets have been playing a key role as instruments of university funding and control for 10 years now. After so many years of testing and experience, the time has come to assess the current situation and the sustainability of these developments. In particular, this paper examines the long-term potential of economic thinking and the use of business management tools for and at universities in comparison with political rationality in this field.

Keywords: Performance Agreements; Global Budget; Business Management Tool; Political Rationality; Contract Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4590-6_6

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