Amos, D; Au-Yong, C P and Musa, Z N (2020) Developing key performance indicators for hospital facilities management services: A developing country perspective. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(9), pp. 2715-2735. ISSN 0969-9988
Abstract
Purpose: Key performance indicators (KPIs) help to monitor performance, thereby revealing the gap between planned and executed results relative to organizational objectives. The purpose of this paper is to develop KPIs for performance measurement of facilities management (FM) services in public hospitals. Design/methodology/approach: Following a comprehensive literature review of KPIs in FM, a set of KPIs were first selected. This was then subjected to content validation by experts. Thereafter a questionnaire survey was conducted to identify participants perception on the level of importance of the proposed KPIs. The main analytical tool used was SPSS factor analysis/principal component extraction. Findings: Adapting an expanded balanced scorecard typology, the paper identifies 17 KPIs, which are useful for performance improvement of FM. The study also introduces new financial dimensions beyond the traditional cost and profit-centered metrics. Research limitations/implications: The study was limited to three FM services. Although the results of the Kruskal–Wallis test shows no significant difference in the level of importance on more than 80% of the indicators, larger sample is required in future studies to examine indicator preference for the respective services. An empirical study to test the proposed indicators to measure FM performance could also be a next step. Originality/value: The paper presents the first step to develop performance indicators, which are of relevance to FM performance measurement and could be utilized to improve performance. The indicators are largely generic and can easily be adapted by other FM service sectors for performance measurement.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ghana; hospital support services; performance measurement; principal component |
| Index terms: | performance indicator, developing country, literature review, survey, profit, methodology, questionnaire, validation, preference, facilities management, management service, performance measurement, balanced scorecard, key performance indicator, Ghana, empirical study, performance improvement, factor analysis, hospital facility, dimension, future study |
| Subjects: | research design and methodology, data collection methods, construction type, project delivery, economic analysis, health monitoring assessment and metrics, data analysis and analytics, development economics, professional development, Geography, decision-making and reasoning, research methods, performance management, management, performance measurement, statistical analysis |
| Topics: | Information Management, Geographical Context, Project Management, Research Practice, Health and Safety, Business Strategy, Construction Technology, International Construction, Quality Management |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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