Multidisciplinary research institutes provide universities with an important vehicle to conduct research across traditional disciplines, and this can be an attractive capability for external funding bodies. However, there can be particular challenges, including managing different reporting lines, the need for effective research coordination, and…

The basic concepts of the classic PPBS are summarized, and then attention is directed toward the process by which this has been modified by its collision with the values of the university. The form taken by the new modified PPBS is examined and its component concepts and techniques are identified. It is concluded that the new PPBS has limitations…

Cost analysis for internal management of higher education institutions is of interest because of the steady state of higher education, concern over management practices, and the expectation that higher education institutions should be more responsive to social planning and public policy concerns and objectives. The nature of the institutions that…