DEA for Evaluating the Current-period and Cross-period Efficiency of Taiwan's Upgraded Technical Institutes

摘要

This study used Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to examine the relative managerial efficiency for evaluating current-period and cross-period efficiency of 38 technological institutes upgraded from junior colleges in Taiwan in 1998. In addition, the managerial efficiency variations of each individual institute in between 1995 and 1998 were also determined. The study results show that the operational category is significant among primary analysis variants, in other words, private schools perform significantly better than public schools in terms of managerial efficiency. Furthermore, school size is significant, with schools having more than 201 classes achieving higher managerial efficiency. However, geographical location is not significant. This study also verified that integration of the results of both relative managerial efficiency analysis and managerial efficiency variation analysis could be a powerful approach to help design managerial strategies that are both appropriate and feasible.