caa a22 4500 463162102 CHVBK 20180406164750.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10734-005-3146-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10734-005-3146-0 University governance: Governing bodies as providers and users of annual reports [Elektronische Daten] [Keith Dixon, David Coy] Where members of governing bodies of universities stand in relation to their institution's annual reports is discussed in the broader context of trends in university governance. Data were collected from members of the governing councils of New Zealand's eight universities using questionnaire surveys in 1993 and 2001. During this interval, a marked improvement in the quality of these institutions' reports occurred (Coy, D. and Dixon, K. (2004). British Accounting Review 3, 679-106). Issues explored include information used to govern and the equivocal roles of council members juxtaposed as they are between university participants and stakeholders. They are cast as strategic decision makers, holders of university senior management and other participants to account, and annual report publishers, and so publicly accountable persons. Findings include that annual reports provide valuable information for members to make decisions and hold their universities accountable; and that some shortcomings discerned by members in report qualitative characteristics and contents persist, despite seeming to be within the discretion of councils to address. Speculations about why this might be so are advanced, including for further investigation; and other suggestions for further research are put forward. Springer, 2006 accountability nationallicence annual reporting nationallicence evaluation nationallicence university governance nationallicence Dixon Keith Open University Business School, Michael Young Building, Walton Hall, MK7 6AA, Milton Keynes, England aut Coy David Waikato Management School, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand aut Higher Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 54/2(2007-08-01), 267-291 0018-1560 54:2<267 2007 54 10734 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-005-3146-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 other jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-005-3146-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dixon Keith Open University Business School, Michael Young Building, Walton Hall, MK7 6AA, Milton Keynes, England aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Coy David Waikato Management School, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Higher Education Kluwer Academic Publishers 54/2(2007-08-01), 267-291 0018-1560 54:2<267 2007 54 10734 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence SWISSBIB 351970827 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer