Responsibility center management and the university library
James G. Neal
(Dean of University Libraries at Indiana University through June 1995, and is currently Director of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins University, USA)
Lynn Smith
(Budget and Collection Development Officer in the Indiana University Libraries, USA)
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Abstract
Responsibility center management (RCM) is a new fiscal management system which has been introduced at several American universities. It seeks to link academic responsibility and budgetary authority and to promote innovation, entrepreneurship, and cost containment. Describes the implementation of RCM at Indiana University with a focus on the impact on and role of academic support units such as the library.
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Citation
Neal, J.G. and Smith, L. (1995), "Responsibility center management and the university library", The Bottom Line, Vol. 8 No. 4, pp. 17-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb025455
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1995, MCB UP Limited