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- catalog abstract "Resource Allocation in Higher Education describes how colleges, universities, and government agencies can use budgeting processes to improve program planning and productivity. Drawn from the contributors' direct experiences as well as research findings, it blends conceptual foundations with practical insights. Many resource allocation processes in higher education need reform, and this volume will stimulate and assist that effort. Beginning with the economic theory of nonprofits, the essays examine current budgeting systems in both theoretical and practical terms. Resource allocation systems from other domains, such as health care, are explored for relevant insights. Throughout, decentralization remains a major theme. Topics range from the eminently practical - how to establish a global accounting system or choose an endowment spending rate - to the more abstract - the theory of how various nonprofit enterprises balance academic values against market pressures. The volume ends by proposing value responsibility budgeting, which offers institutions a potentially better way of pursuing their academic values while remaining responsive to market pressures.".
- catalog contributor b9300758.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Beginning with the economic theory of nonprofits, the essays examine current budgeting systems in both theoretical and practical terms. Resource allocation systems from other domains, such as health care, are explored for relevant insights. Throughout, decentralization remains a major theme. Topics range from the eminently practical - how to establish a global accounting system or choose an endowment spending rate - to the more abstract - the theory of how various nonprofit enterprises balance academic values against market pressures. The volume ends by proposing value responsibility budgeting, which offers institutions a potentially better way of pursuing their academic values while remaining responsive to market pressures.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Resource Allocation in Higher Education describes how colleges, universities, and government agencies can use budgeting processes to improve program planning and productivity. Drawn from the contributors' direct experiences as well as research findings, it blends conceptual foundations with practical insights. Many resource allocation processes in higher education need reform, and this volume will stimulate and assist that effort.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. Background. 1. Introduction / William F. Massy. 2. Reengineering Resource Allocation Systems / William F. Massy. 3. Productivity Issues in Higher Education / William F. Massy -- pt. 2. Capital. 4. Endowment / William F. Massy. 5. Optimizing Capital Decisions / William F. Massy -- pt. 3. Decentralization. 6. Organizing for Effectiveness: Lessons from Business / Edward Lawler III and Susan A. Mohrman. 7. Revenue Responsibility Budgeting / Jon Strauss, John Curry and Edward Whalen -- pt. 4. Other Contexts. 8. Lessons from Health Care / William F. Massy and David S.P. Hopkins. 9. Britain's "Performance-Based" System / Elaine El-Khawas and William F. Massy -- pt. 5. Models. 10. Quantitative Funding Models / Harry Atkinson and William F. Massy. 11. Global Accounts / Gordon Winston. 12. Value Responsibility Budgeting / William F. Massy.".
- catalog extent "xii, 332 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Resource allocation in higher education.".
- catalog identifier "0472106864 (hardcover : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Resource allocation in higher education.".
- catalog isPartOf "Economics of education".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press,".
- catalog relation "Resource allocation in higher education.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "378/.02 20".
- catalog subject "LB2341.U6 R47 1996".
- catalog subject "Resource allocation.".
- catalog subject "Universities and colleges United States Business management.".
- catalog subject "Universities and colleges United States Finance.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. Background. 1. Introduction / William F. Massy. 2. Reengineering Resource Allocation Systems / William F. Massy. 3. Productivity Issues in Higher Education / William F. Massy -- pt. 2. Capital. 4. Endowment / William F. Massy. 5. Optimizing Capital Decisions / William F. Massy -- pt. 3. Decentralization. 6. Organizing for Effectiveness: Lessons from Business / Edward Lawler III and Susan A. Mohrman. 7. Revenue Responsibility Budgeting / Jon Strauss, John Curry and Edward Whalen -- pt. 4. Other Contexts. 8. Lessons from Health Care / William F. Massy and David S.P. Hopkins. 9. Britain's "Performance-Based" System / Elaine El-Khawas and William F. Massy -- pt. 5. Models. 10. Quantitative Funding Models / Harry Atkinson and William F. Massy. 11. Global Accounts / Gordon Winston. 12. Value Responsibility Budgeting / William F. Massy.".
- catalog title "Resource allocation in higher education / William F. Massy, editor.".
- catalog type "text".