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Title: Australian public sector reform : research and doctoral education in the context of the management of knowledge
Related: Public management review, Vol. 6, Issue 4, p.473-492
DOI: 10.1080/1471903042000303292
Publisher: Routledge
Date: 2004
FoR/RFCD Code(s): 150300 Business and Management 160500 Policy and Administration
Author/Creator: Neumann, Ruth
Author/Creator: Guthrie, James
Description: This article presents an investigation into the Australian public education sector and focuses on the management of research and doctoral education in an increasingly corporatized climate. It is argued that diversity in knowledge creation and production is central to the successful Knowledge Economy. Diversity in doctoral education encompasses: diversity of student; diversity of research approach and type; and diversity of discipline and institution. Government has a key role in maintaining diversity against the background of an increasing tendency in public sector policy towards corporatization and outcomes-based funding. Four key areas of concern are identified: funding allocation for research and doctoral places; resource allocation and competition; selectivity and concentration; and relevance. It is argued that, taken together, these four policy directions could significantly impact the nature of Australian doctoral research and, in many instances, diminish diversity.
Description: 20 page(s)
Subject Keyword: 150300 Business and Management
Subject Keyword: 160500 Policy and Administration
Subject Keyword: doctoral education
Subject Keyword: doctoral research
Subject Keyword: higher education public policy
Subject Keyword: knowledge economy
Subject Keyword: knowledge management
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Macquarie Graduate School of Management

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/76243
Identifier: ISSN:1471-9045
Identifier: mq-rm-2004020487
Language: eng
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