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Managing measurement: planning and steering research productivity
(2014-05) stephanie.burton@up.ac.za; Burton, Stephanie G.
The paper focuses on the iterative relationship between planning and review, and the use of performance indicators in annual cycles of research review and realignment. In a large, complex institution such as the University of Pretoria, a further strategy central to research productivity is the internal differentiation of academic activity. Not only is this a necessary condition in shaping the research profile of the University, but also in harnessing the diversity of research activity and, critically, ensuring sufficient high-end research capacity to comp\ete in the global world of research and innovation. The paper includes a discussion of the value and shortcomings of external indices including world rankings of universities, in benchmarking the performance of individual institutions.