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Direct linkField, Laurie – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2015
Against a backdrop of new public management (NPM) thinking and managerialism generally applied to universities in a range of countries, this study examines one of its manifestations--performance management for academics. Drawing on in-depth interviews with 40 academics at an Australian university, this article identifies six stances regularly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Universities, College Administration, Governance
Peer reviewedMurphy, Marcy – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
This discussion of goal setting as a means of directing organizational, supervisory, and individual achievement presents the factors involved in goal-based planning at these three levels within the library context, including planning strategies, evaluation methods, and possible problems at each level. (CLB)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Human Resources, Library Administration, Library Planning
Murray, Stuart – Personnel Administrator, 1983
Data from questionnaires administered to 163 company middle managers and from their personnel files revealed that the 87 managers from a division using the management-by-objectives appraisal system are more satisfied with this system and its feedback than are the 76 respondents from a division using a subjective appraisal system. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Evaluation Criteria
Download full textEast Allen County Schools, New Haven, IN. – 1975
A management-by-objectives project designed to provide a rational basis for implementing a programming-planning-budgeting evaluation system in the school district is summarized. The project goal was to design and implement an accountability model utilizing participative management as a tool for development. Three organizational phases involved in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Administration
Benington, M. – 1977
The American system of assessing teacher competence by student rating is evaluated and found to be unsatisfactory for two reasons: a single scale cannot be used to compare teachers doing different tasks; and the scales may not measure 'good teaching' but some other more general social competence. An alternative to the American approach is…
Descriptors: Administration, Business Education, Comparative Education, Evaluation Methods
Educational Research Service, Arlington, VA. – 1976
Procedures and instruments used for evaluating either or both school superintendents and boards of education were solicited from Educational Research Service's subscribing school systems, state associations of school boards, and state associations of school administrators. Sixty-eight school systems sent their formal procedures for evaluating the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Evaluation, Bibliographies, Boards of Education
Robinson, Glen E.; Bickers, Patrick M. – 1990
This report describes the results of a survey of superintendents about current evaluation practices. From a nationwide random sample of 2,576 school district superintendents, usable replies were received from 1,245 superintendents. The survey instrument included questions about the frequency of superintendent and school board evaluations, the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Boards of Education
McDowell, Earl E. – 1986
An exploratory study examined how administrators (department heads/chairs) perceive faculty members, as well as themselves, in the performance appraisal interview. Subjects, 450 faculty members and 200 administrators at a midwestern university, answered an Appraisal Interview Questionnaire in which they rated administrator performance, content and…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Decision Making Skills, Department Heads, Employer Employee Relationship
Lawton, S. B.; And Others – 1986
This study addresses four questions: (1) What types of performance appraisal policy for educational staff have been adopted by Ontario school boards? (2) To what extent have these policies been implemented in practice? (3) What types of appraisal policies are most effective? and (4) What processes have school boards used to develop and implement…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Lawton, S. B.; And Others – 1986
This report, the fourth and final volume of a series, examines in a summary fashion the results from a massive study of performance appraisal policies and procedures currently used in Ontario school boards. The study, a two-year undertaking, focused on appraisal practices for certified educational personnel in Ontario: teachers, principals,…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
