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Performance evaluation of extension education centers in universities based on the balanced scorecard.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20619892     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
This study aims at developing a set of appropriate performance evaluation indices mainly based on balanced scorecard (BSC) for extension education centers in universities by utilizing multiple criteria decision making (MCDM). Through literature reviews and experts who have real practical experiences in extension education, adequate performance evaluation indices have been selected and then utilizing the decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) and analytic network process (ANP), respectively, further establishes the causality between the four BSC perspectives as well as the relative weights between evaluation indices. According to this previous result, an empirical analysis of the performance evaluation of extension education centers of three universities at Taoyuan County in Taiwan is illustrated by applying VlseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR). From the analysis results, it indicates that "Learning and growth" is the significant influential factor and it would affect the other three perspectives. In addition, it is discovered that "Internal process" perspective as well as "Financial" perspective play important roles in the performance evaluation of extension education centers. The top three key performance indices are "After-sales service", "Turnover volume", and "Net income". The proposed evaluation model could be considered as a reference for extension education centers in universities to prioritize their improvements on the key performance indices after performing VIKOR analyses.
Authors:
Hung-Yi Wu; Yi-Kuei Lin; Chi-Hsiang Chang
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-06-12
Journal Detail:
Title:  Evaluation and program planning     Volume:  34     ISSN:  1873-7870     ISO Abbreviation:  Eval Program Plann     Publication Date:  2011 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-13     Completed Date:  2010-12-23     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7801727     Medline TA:  Eval Program Plann     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  37-50     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Department of Business Administration, National Chiayi University, Taiwan. hywu@mail.ncyu.edu.tw
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Benchmarking / methods*
Consumer Satisfaction
Curriculum
Humans
Learning
Program Evaluation / methods*
Taiwan
Universities / organization & administration*

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