How Benchmarking and Higher Education Came Together

Autor/inn/en	Levy, Gary D.; Ronco, Sharron L.
Titel	How Benchmarking and Higher Education Came Together
Quelle	In: New Directions for Institutional Research, (2012) 156, S.5-13 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0271-0579
DOI	10.1002/ir.20026
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Benchmarking; Concept Formation; Change Strategies; Organizational Change; Organizational Theories; Alignment (Education); Educational Quality; Quality Assurance; Case Studies; Commercialization; Barriers; Definitions; Intellectual History; Institutional Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Lösungsstrategie; Organisationswandel; Organisationstheorie; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Qualitätssicherung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Begriffsbestimmung; Geistesgeschichte; Institutionelle Forschung
Abstract	This chapter introduces the concept of benchmarking and how higher education institutions began to use benchmarking for a variety of purposes. Here, benchmarking is defined as a strategic and structured approach whereby an organization compares aspects of its processes and/or outcomes to those of another organization or set of organizations to identify opportunities for improvement. Benchmarking activities in higher education have now been firmly established and accepted, as institutions seek to improve the quality and efficiency of the many activities in which they are engaged. As higher education institutions face the continued challenges of having to produce more with fewer resources along with calls for increased accountability, it is likely that benchmarking and its many related activities and strategies will become more central and commonplace. As this volume demonstrates, higher education has access to a wide variety of tools and vast opportunities for innovation in benchmarking. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10