The General Concept of Benchmarking and Its Application in Higher Education in Europe

Autor/inn/en	Nazarko, Joanicjusz; Kuzmicz, Katarzyna Anna; Szubzda-Prutis, Elzbieta; Urban, Joanna
Titel	The General Concept of Benchmarking and Its Application in Higher Education in Europe
Quelle	In: Higher Education in Europe, 34 (2009) 3-4, S.497-510 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0379-7724
Schlagwörter	Economic Development; Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Benchmarking; Productivity; Private Sector; Public Sector; Competition; Educational Quality; Quality Control; Institutional Cooperation; International Cooperation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Produktivität; Privater Sektor; Öffentlicher Sektor; Wettkampf; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Qualitätskontrolle; Institute; Co-operation; Cooperation; Institut; Kooperation; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Abstract	The purposes of this paper are twofold: a presentation of the theoretical basis of benchmarking and a discussion on practical benchmarking applications. Benchmarking is also analyzed as a productivity accelerator. The authors study benchmarking usage in the private and public sectors with due consideration of the specificities of the two areas. Special attention is paid to the presentation of the current picture of higher education and conditions for the application of benchmarking. The chosen examples of benchmarking projects conducted in higher education illustrate the spectrum of benchmarking usage. The authors conclude the paper with a recommendation for the employment of benchmarking in the higher education environment, especially in the light of competition pressures and rapid economic development. (Contains 6 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10