A study of the talent training project management for semiconductor industry in Taiwan: the application of a hybrid data envelopment analysis approach.

Ling-Jing Kao,Shu-Yu Chiu,Hsien-Tang Ko

doi:10.1155/2014/296345

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the training institution performance and to improve the management of the Manpower Training Project (MTP) administered by the Semiconductor Institute in Taiwan. Much literature assesses the efficiency of an internal training program initiated by a firm, but only little literature studies the efficiency of an external training program led by government. In the study, a hybrid solution of ICA-DEA and ICA-MPI is developed for measuring the efficiency and the productivity growth of each training institution over the period. The technical efficiency change, the technological change, pure technical efficiency change, scale efficiency change, and the total factor productivity change were evaluated according to five inputs and two outputs. According to the results of the study, the training institutions can be classified by their efficiency successfully and the guidelines for the optimal level of input resources can be obtained for each inefficient training institution. The Semiconductor Institute in Taiwan can allocate budget more appropriately and establish withdrawal mechanisms for inefficient training institutions.

Highlights

Due to the fast growth and expansion of high-tech industry in Taiwan, high-tech companies in the semiconductor industry have a strong demand for technical and R&D talents, but the academic institutions, the major supplier of high-tech manpower, cannot train enough students to fulfill this demand
data envelopment analysis (DEA) is constructed based on the concept of relative efficiency, which is defined as the ratio of the weighted sum of outputs to the weighted sum of inputs [2]
The project is planned, organized, led, and controlled by one administrative organization but is executed by multiple execution institutions which are not affiliated with the administrative organization

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Introduction

Due to the fast growth and expansion of high-tech industry in Taiwan, high-tech companies in the semiconductor industry have a strong demand for technical and R&D talents, but the academic institutions, the major supplier of high-tech manpower, cannot train enough students to fulfill this demand. According to an investigation conducted by Taiwan’s Science and Technology Advisory Group of Executive Yuan in 2001, the technical manpower shortage for the semiconductor industry alone was about 6,600 people during 2003 to 2005. The Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) at the Ministry of Economic Affairs established the Semiconductor Institute to implement the Manpower Training Project (MTP) for matching up with the “Challenge. The main objective of the MTP is to fulfill the shortage of semiconductor manpower by providing training classes to those who want to pursue a career in the semiconductor industry. During the year of 2003 to 2005, MTP’s career training program has teamed up with over 20 training institutions to provide 283 classes with different training lengths. 3,950 graduates of the MTP have made contributions to the semiconductor industry

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