Efficiency and Efficacy Assessment of Private University Management from the point of view of internal and external environments

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24531081
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology of education
• Research Institution: Kyoto University of Foreign Studies
• Principal Investigator: YAMASAKI Sono 京都外国語大学, 総合企画室, 参事 (70449502)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): ITABA Yoshio 同志社大学, 経済学部, 教授 (60151453)
• Research Collaborator: MIYAJIMA Koji 京都学園大学, 教育開発センター, 室長
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 大学経営 / 大学評価 / ガバナンス / 経営効率性 / ＤＥＡ / Malmquist生産性指数 / リーダーシップ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study identified universities as agents that produce education, research and social services and quantitatively analysed their activities from the point of view of efficiency. Furthermore, the relationship between internal factors (university mission/plan, organizational structure, members of staff, governance) and external factors (subsidy/certified evaluation and accreditation systems) were discussed as factors that affect efficiency.
The results of analysis showed that external factors affect the leadership of the university chancellor and that the function of management has an effect on the implementation of university principles, goals and plans. Meanwhile, efficiency has a negative, albeit indirect, effect on the implementation of university principles, goals and plans and it was demonstrated that some kind of innovation is required to reconcile quality assurance for education and efficiency in management.

Free Research Field

高等教育システム、評価論、大学経営