This paper presents the findings of a project investigating the intended and unintended consequences of the contemporary performance driven environment in the Australian higher education sector (AHES) focusing on the performance mechanisms used and the performance information required. It is...

This paper raises important issues for the identity of Australian business schools arising from the debate on the relevance of management education, a debate largely held outside of Australia. The identity theory of Laclau and Mouffe (1985), adapted to organizations by Bridgman (2005), is used...

Governments play an important role in providing an appropriate national framework and structure for the development of doctoral education. Nevertheless ultimate responsibility for quality supervision processes lies with institutions, in particular with their units of activity and their policies...

The recent public policy trend emphasising markets and economic logic among public sector institutions, including universities, has led to the introduction of greater managerialism and formal demonstrations of efficiency and effectiveness. Such moves require a definition of inputs, outputs and...