Abstract
Measuring the efficiency of organizations relates not only to economic parameters but also to non-economic ones at present, for example in organizations providing education. However, in the case of educational institutions in the form of public universities, we cannot consider profit as the main goal, but the quality of education. We do not find a lot of work on this issue in domestic and foreign literature from the point of view of universities. Universities report only data that are set by current legislation, and for this reason, measuring efficiency is a relatively challenging matter with ambiguous quantification. Measuring the efficiency of an educational institution cannot be carried out as unambiguously as in the case of companies whose mission is to produce products and services for the purpose of selling them. The aim of the presented study is to clarify the optimal way of evaluating and measuring the efficiency of higher education institutions through DEA analysis. To achieve this goal, we used the methods of descriptive statistics, mathematical-statistical calculations, DEA analysis of indicators and the method of comparison, induction, deduction and synthesis. The result is a model that will allow the comparison and evaluation of universities.
Highlights
According to Jablonský and Dlouhy (2004), economic theory defines efficiency as a state where it is not possible to produce one unit more for a given resource without the need to limit the production of another good
For the needs of our study, we decided to use the DEA model, which we used to assess the level of efficiency of education in the period under review, taking as inputs the total number of pedagogical, research staff and the number of students enrolled in a given year
The evaluation of efficiency using the DEA model that we proposed eliminates inaccuracies in the case of evaluations based on absolute values
Summary
According to Jablonský and Dlouhy (2004), economic theory defines efficiency as a state where it is not possible to produce one unit more for a given resource without the need to limit the production of another good. Heyne (1991) understands efficiency as the virtue that is most valued among economists. According to Lisý (2007), an economy, company or production unit is efficient if it operates at the limit of production possibilities. We focused on evaluation through the DEA model, which was originally developed to measure the efficiency of non-profit organizations such as schools, hospitals, government and public administration. As stated by Malega and Bialková (2011), the level of efficiency expresses the quantitative and qualitative degree of compliance of the objectives (determined on the basis of knowledge and use of objective socio-economic laws) and the means needed to meet them
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