Measuring service efficiency and productivity in Malaysian Community Colleges institution (IR)

The objective of this study is to measures the service efficiency and productivity in Malaysian Community Colleges institution before and after the National Higher Education Strategic Plan (NHESP) implementation in 2007. Non-parametric approaches were selected to answer four research questions. Boot...

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Main Author: Shariffah Nur Illiana Syed Ismail
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Published: 2015
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spelling oai:ir.upsi.edu.my:14422020-02-27 Measuring service efficiency and productivity in Malaysian Community Colleges institution (IR) 2015 Shariffah Nur Illiana Syed Ismail HD Industries. Land use. Labor The objective of this study is to measures the service efficiency and productivity in Malaysian Community Colleges institution before and after the National Higher Education Strategic Plan (NHESP) implementation in 2007. Non-parametric approaches were selected to answer four research questions. Bootstrapped Malmquist total factor productivity (TFP) indices and Hicks-Moorsteen TFP index were employed to explore the consequences of NHESP 2007 on the technical efficiency and productivity changes of community college individually. Thirty four community colleges were analysed over the period 2006-2010 using a balanced panel data. The results of the study showed that community colleges have recorded a large improvement in productivity growth after the implementation of the NHESP. The DEA results also showed scope for improvement in technical efficiency. Furthermore, this study found that the implementation of the NHESP beginning in 2007 has been the main driving force for efficiency changes and productivity growth score. The implication of this study suggested that the sources which caused a firms efficiency can be a point of reference in order to improve efficiency and productivity level. Improved productivity changes over time in community colleges may enhance learning environments and reduce inefficiency; these in turn can improve and expand the community college sectors performance as a whole. 2015 thesis https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=1442 https://ir.upsi.edu.my/detailsg.php?det=1442 text eng closedAccess Masters Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris Fakulti Pengurusan dan Ekonomi N/A
institution Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris
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topic HD Industries
Land use
Labor
spellingShingle HD Industries
Land use
Labor
Shariffah Nur Illiana Syed Ismail
Measuring service efficiency and productivity in Malaysian Community Colleges institution (IR)
description The objective of this study is to measures the service efficiency and productivity in Malaysian Community Colleges institution before and after the National Higher Education Strategic Plan (NHESP) implementation in 2007. Non-parametric approaches were selected to answer four research questions. Bootstrapped Malmquist total factor productivity (TFP) indices and Hicks-Moorsteen TFP index were employed to explore the consequences of NHESP 2007 on the technical efficiency and productivity changes of community college individually. Thirty four community colleges were analysed over the period 2006-2010 using a balanced panel data. The results of the study showed that community colleges have recorded a large improvement in productivity growth after the implementation of the NHESP. The DEA results also showed scope for improvement in technical efficiency. Furthermore, this study found that the implementation of the NHESP beginning in 2007 has been the main driving force for efficiency changes and productivity growth score. The implication of this study suggested that the sources which caused a firms efficiency can be a point of reference in order to improve efficiency and productivity level. Improved productivity changes over time in community colleges may enhance learning environments and reduce inefficiency; these in turn can improve and expand the community college sectors performance as a whole.
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author Shariffah Nur Illiana Syed Ismail
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title Measuring service efficiency and productivity in Malaysian Community Colleges institution (IR)
title_short Measuring service efficiency and productivity in Malaysian Community Colleges institution (IR)
title_full Measuring service efficiency and productivity in Malaysian Community Colleges institution (IR)
title_fullStr Measuring service efficiency and productivity in Malaysian Community Colleges institution (IR)
title_full_unstemmed Measuring service efficiency and productivity in Malaysian Community Colleges institution (IR)
title_sort measuring service efficiency and productivity in malaysian community colleges institution (ir)
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