PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SETTING AMONG PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN MALAYSIA
Keywords:
Performance measurement, Higher education, Strategic managementAbstract
Non-profit organizations like university have no survival pressure and external competition is limited. Therefore each university should establish its core competitiveness based on its mission and vission, and also its current resources and competitive conditions. Thus, different strategic themes will produce different strategic tragets and result. The aim of this paper is to highlight the strategic performance measurement setting used by the public and private universities in Malaysia. In addition, it also disucsses the factors that affect strategic performance measurement system among Malaysian universities. This research will also support the idea for each university to develop its distinguishing characteristics by following its long term plan.
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