A Primary Investigation into Performance Measurement Systems in the Maltese Further Education (FE) Sector
This work investigates the presence of a performance measurement system in the small island state of Malta using data gathered in 2012. In this way the type of system and KPIs currently in use are delineated. An interpretative methodology was employed to gain a deeper understanding of performance me...
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2014-12-01
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| description | This work investigates the presence of a performance measurement system in the small island state of Malta using data gathered in 2012. In this way the type of system and KPIs currently in use are delineated. An interpretative methodology was employed to gain a deeper understanding of performance measurement in FE organizations. Data were collected from seven FE vocational and academic organizations via interviews with top senior management team (SMT) officials and other internal and external stakehold-ers. Very few organizations have performance measurement systems. The use of KPIs is very narrow, usually focusing on pass rates. There is no external QA or performance measurement regime making it very difficult to compare different FE organizations. By utilizing qualitative data it is possible to un-cover particular nuances in specific sectors in small states. Reliability is further enhanced since the number of organizations in any sector in a small state in usually low. This translates into a higher percentage of organizations in the study. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bfddcb0b5d8e45bcbd63ddc4cd745bc12022-12-21T20:46:01ZbulUniversity of SofiaBulgarian Journal of Science and Education Policy1313-19581313-91182014-12-0182325357A Primary Investigation into Performance Measurement Systems in the Maltese Further Education (FE) SectorN. ZarbThis work investigates the presence of a performance measurement system in the small island state of Malta using data gathered in 2012. In this way the type of system and KPIs currently in use are delineated. An interpretative methodology was employed to gain a deeper understanding of performance measurement in FE organizations. Data were collected from seven FE vocational and academic organizations via interviews with top senior management team (SMT) officials and other internal and external stakehold-ers. Very few organizations have performance measurement systems. The use of KPIs is very narrow, usually focusing on pass rates. There is no external QA or performance measurement regime making it very difficult to compare different FE organizations. By utilizing qualitative data it is possible to un-cover particular nuances in specific sectors in small states. Reliability is further enhanced since the number of organizations in any sector in a small state in usually low. This translates into a higher percentage of organizations in the study.http://bjsep.org/getfile.php?id=175quality assurancefurther educationqualitative dataperformance measurement |
| spellingShingle | N. Zarb A Primary Investigation into Performance Measurement Systems in the Maltese Further Education (FE) Sector Bulgarian Journal of Science and Education Policy quality assurance further education qualitative data performance measurement |
| title | A Primary Investigation into Performance Measurement Systems in the Maltese Further Education (FE) Sector |
| title_full | A Primary Investigation into Performance Measurement Systems in the Maltese Further Education (FE) Sector |
| title_fullStr | A Primary Investigation into Performance Measurement Systems in the Maltese Further Education (FE) Sector |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Primary Investigation into Performance Measurement Systems in the Maltese Further Education (FE) Sector |
| title_short | A Primary Investigation into Performance Measurement Systems in the Maltese Further Education (FE) Sector |
| title_sort | primary investigation into performance measurement systems in the maltese further education fe sector |
| topic | quality assurance further education qualitative data performance measurement |
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