{"title":"\"Pay for Promise\" in Higher Education: the Influence of NPM on Resource Allocation in German Universities","authors":"Michael Huber, M. Hillebrandt","doi":"10.12759/HSR.44.2019.2.247-269","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"»‘Bezahlung für Versprechen‘ im Hochschulwesen: Der Einfluss des NPM auf die Ressourcenverteilung in deutschen Universitäten«. Quantification as a way to govern by numbers has colonised all sectors of modern societies. In the German higher education sector, a Performance-Based Resource Allocation scheme (commonly referred to as Leistungsorientierte Mittelverteilung – LOM for short) has steadily been developed since the 1990s. In an organisational context characterised by increasing international competition and internal differentiation, universities and their regulators have embraced the notion of smart resource allocation through performance indicators. At the same time, the sector has historically been characterised by a traditional cameralistic resource allocation mechanism, where the interactions between the main financiers (state governments), and beneficiaries (universities) were underpinned by a desire to ensure continuity and predictability. Based on empirical evidence, we outline how the university has transformed from a bureaucratic public service deliverer to an adaptable organisation that is supposed to learn from quantified information. This perspective allows for the discussion of quantification as a contemporary steering mechanism.","PeriodicalId":47073,"journal":{"name":"Historical Social Research-Historische Sozialforschung","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.9000,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"10","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Historical Social Research-Historische Sozialforschung","FirstCategoryId":"98","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12759/HSR.44.2019.2.247-269","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"HISTORY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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»‘Bezahlung für Versprechen‘ im Hochschulwesen: Der Einfluss des NPM auf die Ressourcenverteilung in deutschen Universitäten«. Quantification as a way to govern by numbers has colonised all sectors of modern societies. In the German higher education sector, a Performance-Based Resource Allocation scheme (commonly referred to as Leistungsorientierte Mittelverteilung – LOM for short) has steadily been developed since the 1990s. In an organisational context characterised by increasing international competition and internal differentiation, universities and their regulators have embraced the notion of smart resource allocation through performance indicators. At the same time, the sector has historically been characterised by a traditional cameralistic resource allocation mechanism, where the interactions between the main financiers (state governments), and beneficiaries (universities) were underpinned by a desire to ensure continuity and predictability. Based on empirical evidence, we outline how the university has transformed from a bureaucratic public service deliverer to an adaptable organisation that is supposed to learn from quantified information. This perspective allows for the discussion of quantification as a contemporary steering mechanism.
' Bezahlung fr Versprechen ' im Hochschulwesen: Der Einfluss des NPM auf die ressourcenverilung in deutschen Universitäten '。量化作为一种通过数字进行管理的方式,已经渗透到现代社会的各个领域。在德国高等教育部门,自20世纪90年代以来,一个基于绩效的资源分配方案(通常被称为Leistungsorientierte Mittelverteilung -简称LOM)一直在稳步发展。在国际竞争加剧和内部分化的组织背景下,大学及其监管机构已经接受了通过绩效指标进行智能资源配置的概念。与此同时,该部门历来以传统的照相机式资源分配机制为特征,主要出资者(州政府)和受益者(大学)之间的互动以确保连续性和可预测性的愿望为基础。基于经验证据,我们概述了大学如何从一个官僚的公共服务提供者转变为一个适应性强的组织,应该从量化信息中学习。这种观点允许将量化作为一种当代指导机制进行讨论。