Incentive-Based Budgeting Systems in Public Universities

by Priest, Douglas M.; Becker, William E.; Hossler, Don; St. John, Edward P.

• ISBN13: 9781843761709
• ISBN10: 184376170X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub

Table of Contents

Figures and Tables	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
List of Contributors	xi
Why Incentive-Based Budgeting Systems in the Public Sector and Why Now?	1	(8)
Douglas M. Priest
William E. Becker
Don Hossler
Edward P. St. John
Overview
The Case, if Any, for Responsibility Center Budgeting	9	(16)
Edward L. Whalen
The Efficiency of Responsibility Center Management within State Universities	25	(30)
John Douglas Wilson
Revenue Flux and University Behavior	55	(38)
Larry L. Leslie
Ronald L. Oaxaca
Gary Rhoades
Case Studies
Responsibility Center Budgeting and Management at Indiana University	93	(16)
Kenneth R. R. Gros Louis
Maynard Thompson
Responsibility Center Budgeting at the University of Toronto	109	(28)
Daniel W. Lang
Activity-Based Budgeting at the University of Michigan	137	(24)
Paul N. Courant
Marilyn Knepp
Effects and Lessons
Budget Incentive Structures and the Improvement of College Teaching	161	(24)
Michael B. Paulsen
Edward P. St. John
Reward Structures and Faculty Behavior Under Responsibility Center Management	185	(20)
William E. Becker
Neil D. Theobald
Using Performance Indicators to Evaluate Decentralized Budgeting Systems and Institutional Performance	205	(22)
Robert K. Toutkoushian
Cherry Danielson
Incentive-Based Budgeting: An Evolving Approach	227	(10)
Douglas M. Priest
Edward P. St. John
William Tobin
Index	237