Importance The development of education in the Russian Federation is one of the objectives of the socio-economic development of the country. At present, despite the considerable interest of the scientific community to the issue of the effectiveness of higher education institutions, there are no scientific studies to holistically evaluate institutional capacity of universities. Objectives The aim of the study is to address the most important management objective of developing a methodology for assessing institutional capacity of higher education institutions. Methods For the study, we used a system analysis, as well as the methods of mathematical and multi-dimensional statistics, methods of factorial and comparative analyses, and the method of survey and expert estimates. Results We have carried out a critical analysis of the approaches to the assessment of the effectiveness of higher education institutions operating in the Penza region. We found that the institutional capacity is a base element of the mechanism to enhance the functioning of higher education institutions. We propose our own approach to structuring the institutional capacity of a higher education institution, and we have developed a method for evaluating the organizational capacity that takes into account the cumulative effect of many factors on the effective functioning of the system of University management. This technique, first, gives one the ability to provide a higher education institution as a subject of market relations for use in the calculation of a number of factors, which can then be supplemented. Second, one can calculate the efficiency of higher education institutions taking into account the territorial specificities of regions. Third, the technique allows not only determining the level of private indicators of the effectiveness of institutional capacity, but also revealing the reserves of development, identify the key factors that have the greatest impact on the effectiveness of the activities of universities, united territorially, and compare the objects of research. Conclusions and Relevance We conclude that the application of the proposed method in management practices will contribute to the build-up of institutional capacity of higher education institutions and improve the efficiency of their functioning.
Vasin S.M., Bareeva I.A. O neobkhodimosti rassmotreniya upravleniya shkoloi kak sotsial'no-ekonomicheskoi sistemoi [Considering the school management as a socio-economic system]. Sovremennye tendentsii v ekonomike i upravlenii: novyi vzglyad = Modern Trends in Economics and Management: A New Look, 2012, no. 14-1, pp. 32–36.
Emel'yanov S.G., Borisoglebskaya L.N. Ekonomicheskii mekhanizm strategicheskogo upravleniya razvitiem vuza [The economic mechanism of strategic development management of University]. Moscow, HSE Publ., 2007, 223 p.
Znamenskii D.Yu., Sychev A.V. [The scientific potential of non-governmental University: a systems approach to the study]. Naukovedenie, 2013, no. 4. (In Russ.) Available at: Link.
Kravtsova V.I., Vasin V.A., An E.A., Gavshin B.N., Gninenko A.V., Sorokina G.P., Chebysheva A.S. [The universities’ potential for the development of post-crisis Russia]. Sistemotekhnika, 2010, no. 8. (In Russ.) Available at: Link.
Levshina V.V., Shimokhina V.V. Otsenka rezul'tativnosti sistemy menedzhmenta kachestva obrazovatel'noi organizatsii [Evaluation of the effectiveness of the quality management system of educational organization]. Problemy sovremennoi ekonomiki = Problems of Modern Economy, 2007, no. 3, pp. 18–24.
Maslov D.V. Ot kachestva k sovershenstvu. Poleznaya model' EFQM [From quality to perfection. Utility model EFQM]. Moscow, Standarty i kachestvo Publ., 2008, 152 p.
Palkin E.A. Indikatory innovatsii [Indicators of innovation]. Akkreditatsiya v obrazovanii = Accreditation in Education, 2008, no. 26, pp. 54–55.
Avkiran N.K. Investigating technical and scale efficiencies of Australian Universities through data envelopment analysis. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2001, no. 35, pp. 57–80.
Athanassopoulos A.D., Shale Е. Assessing the Comparative Efficiency of Higher Education Institutions in the UK by the Means of Data Envelopment Analysis. Education Economics, 1997, no. 5, pp. 117–134.
Becker G.S. Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, with Special Reference to Education. Columbia University Press, 1993, 412 p.
Charnes А., Cooper W.W., Rhodes E. Measuring the efficiency of decision-making units. European Journal of Operational Research, 1979, vol. 2, no. 6, pp. 391–465.
Cooper W.W., Seiford L.M., Tone K. Data Envelopment Analysis: A Comprehensive Text with Models, Applications, References and DEA-solver software. Springer, 2007, 512 p.
Goelli T. et al. An Introduction to Efficiency and Productivity Analysis. Springer, 1998, 339 p.
Johnes J. Data Envelopment Analysis and its Application to the Measurement of Efficiency in Higher Education. Economics of Education Review, 2006, no. 25, pp. 273–288.
Kaplan R.S., Norton D.P. The Balanced Scorecard: Measures that Drive Performance. Boston, Harvard Business School Press, 1992, pp. 71–79.
Katharakis G., Katharaki M. A comparative assessment of Greek universities' efficiency using quantitative analysis. International Journal of Educational Research, 2010, no. 49, pp. 115–128.
Kirby D.A. Creating Entrepreneurial Universities in the UK: Applying Entrepreneurial Theory to Practice. Journal of Technology Transfer, 2006, no. 31, pp. 599–603.
Likert R. Human Organization: its Management and Value. Mcgraw-Hill Book, 1967, 258 p.
Pohlmann T. Innovationspotenziale und – verwertungsstrategien an deutchen Hochschulen. Marburg: Discussion Papers on Strategy and Innovation. Munich Personal RePEc Archive, 2009, 46 p.
Peter T.K., Yorke М. Assessment. Learning and Employability. McGraw–Hill International, 2003, 245 p.
Solwati T. et al. Establishing the "practical frontier" in data envelopment analysis. Omega, 2004, no. 32, pp. 261–272.
Yrinen M.H., Petola U. The problems of market-oriented University. Higher Education, 2006, no. 52, pp. 251–281.
