Performance management in the Slovak higher education system: preliminary evaluation

Abstract

The aim of our paper is a preliminary evaluation of the introduction of performance management and performance financing arrangements in the Slovak higher education system – accreditation and formula based performance financing. This evaluation will be mainly based on the assessment of short-term impacts of the above mentioned instruments and is expected to invite further professional discussion. We feel that the data and brief analysis included are sufficient enough to show that the Slovak system represents a typical example of the potential of performance management and performance financing being significantly limited, if not destroyed. Not only because of improperly defined indicators, which are too much input and quantity orientated, but very much also due to a lack of resources (the ratio of public expenditures for higher education to the GDP in Slovakia is significantly below EU average), as well as the politicization of the system.

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
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
The aim of our paper is a preliminary evaluation of the introduction of perform-


evaluation will be mainly based on the assessment of short-term impacts of the
above mentioned instruments and is expected to invite further professional dis-
cussion.
           
show that the Slovak system represents a typical example of the potential of per-
       
          
too much input and quantity orientated, but very much also due to a lack of re-
sources (the ratio of public expenditures for higher education to the GDP in Slova-

Keywords: higher education system, Slovakia, new public management,
performance evaluation, performance management, performance indicators
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  
        -
     
       
         
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 -

  -
       
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         
      
      -
     
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 
 -
      
         -
  -
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        
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 -
   -
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   -
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        -
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          -
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 E  
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           
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  -
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          
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          -
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       E) is used,
          



  -






    -
         

  -
-
   




           


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 -

-

       
   
  
        
  -


 -
       
    -
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

        
  -
 -
    
  
-
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artiCleS
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subprogram  Higher education
subprogram  Higher education science and technique
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subprogram  Higher education development
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subprogram  Social support for students – grant to provide support to
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subprogram  Targeted transfers
Source
        
   
 -

           -
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
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         
 -
-
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   -
tion system motivate better quality, or does it only motivate an increase in the
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
           -

 


     
      
Allocated on historical base      

students
     
      
      
      
Clinical departments      
Capital transfer      
Other allocation base      
      
Allocated on historical base      
      
      
Other allocation base      
      
Grant to provide support to students      
      
Source: Ministry of Education
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

           

          -
            
           
      
-
   
 
 
   


Findings
  
    
  -
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        -
    
       
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

 -
   
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  -
    
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Does the Slovak system of allocation of public resources to higher education
motivate better quality, or does it only motivate an increase in the number of stu-
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 
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           
           -
        
    
 
      
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           -
  
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      
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

  -
    
    
        
          
m E      

    
          
          
          
Grant to provide support to students          
          
Source Ministry of Education

       
New full time students        

old population
       
New part time students        
        
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artiCleS
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      -

 
      -
 -

   

    
            -


      -
-

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Experiences from East and West
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Financial Management in the Public Sector
British Medical Journal
New Public Management

Ekonomika a spolocnost
Fiscal Administration: Analysis and Applications for the Public Sector
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EAPAA peer review accreditation and its potential to strengthen PA
education: the case of CEE countries
Public Finance: Theory and Practice in Central
European Transition

         
   E
   
      

Findings
          

 
           -
  -

  
     -
     
           -
      -

-
     
        

    

   
 -
  
  -
   -
  
        


         -

 -
    -

artiCleS
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Bureaucracy and Representative Government
Veřejný sektor a efektivní rozhodování
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 Veřejná volba a řízení veřejných výdajů
Managing with market-type mechanisms
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 
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 
Public Management Reform
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Economics of the Public Sector

Příprava a řízení projektů Fondu soudržnosti
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