Efficient assignment of financial resources within a university system. Study of the University of Málaga

The aim of this study is to demonstrate how a Goal Programming model can be a very useful instrument in the decision-making process in a university system, above all in the case of carrying out efficient resource allocation between the units of which the system is composed. Specifically, this study is centered on the 142 knowledge areas of the University of Málaga (UMA). These areas are the most suitable functional units for this study because the teaching aims and coordination of research carried out normally coincide within them.