Quality, Costs and Changing Strategies of Control in Universities in the UK

Abstract

Describes moves towards quasi market‐based systems of resource allocation in Britain′s universities. Considers the appropriateness of existing organizational structures to meet the cost and quality pressures generated by these systems and, drawing on ideas from the total quality movement, analyses the implications for organization, control and performance measurement in universities.

Citation

Oliver, N. (1993), "Quality, Costs and Changing Strategies of Control in Universities in the UK", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 31 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/09578239310024700