The master’s thesis is focused on evaluation of the performance of the company Deceuninck, spol. s r. o. by using the START Model, which is based on the logic of the EFQM Excellence Model. The first part of the thesis contains theoretical bases related to performance and methods of its measurement. The second part is focused on the description of the selected company and evaluation of the results of the questionnaire survey. The final part of this work contains measures which were suggested to improve the current situation.

Este estudo se propõe a analisar como a combinação dos indicadores em um modelo de medida de desempenho (MMD) impacta na criação de folga orçamentária em uma organização pública. A administração pública (AP) em geral, a partir do movimento New Public Management passou a importar ferramentas e técnicas do setor privado para gerenciar suas ações. A literatura sobre medidas de desempenho no setor privado, relata que a avaliação de desempeho está relacionada à criação de folga orçamentária. Os trabalhos no setor público relatam que uma das ferramentas mais importadas do setor privado é a avaliação e medida de desempenho. Dessa forma, este trabalho verificou se um subconjunto das variáveis que influenciam na criação de folga orçamentária existe nas administrações públicas e analisa qual o impacto dessas variáveis na criação de folga orçamentária. O estudo de campo se deu na administração pública brasileira. O estudo foi baseado na análise das séries históricas (de meta e realizado) dos indicadores do MMD da Secretaria de Estado da Fazenda (Sefaz) de um estado brasileiro. Os resultados dessa análise foram triangulados com evidências obtidas por meio de entrevistas em profundidade feitas com funcionários públicos da Sefaz. Os resultados apresentados aqui não confirmam a teoria onde indicadores contábeis e relacionados a bônus estão relacionados positivamente na criação de folga orçamentária. / This study aims to analyze how the combination of indicators in a model of performance measurement (MMD) impacts on the creation of budgetary slack in a public organization. The public administration (PA) in general, from the New Public Management movement has imported tools and techniques of the private sector to manage their actions. The literature on performance measures in the private sector, reports that the evaluation of performance is related to the creation of budgetary slack. Some papers in the public sector reported that performance assessment and measurement is one of the implemented used tools from the private sector. Thus, this study examined whether a subset of variables that influence the creation of budgetary slack exists in public administration and considers what impact of these variables in the creation of budgetary slack. The field study was made in the Brazilian public administration. The study was based on analysis of historical data (goal and realized) of the indicators of MMD Brazilian State Secretary of Finance (Sefaz). The results of this analysis were triangulated with evidence obtained through in-depth interviews with public officials. The results presented here do not confirm the theory in which accounting-related and bonuses-related indicators are positively related in the creation of budgetary slack.

Organizações públicas vêm adotando modelos de mensuração de desempenho (MMD), a exemplo da iniciativa privada, buscando gerar incentivos à eficiência de equipes de servidores. Este trabalho analisou o MMD da Secretaria da Fazenda de um dos Estados do Brasil e identificou que, a partir das metas pactuadas pela equipe diretiva da secretaria, a organização opera em um regime de folga orçamentária, em um ambiente organizacional de menor tensão em relação ao atingimento das metas e consequente gratificação. Através de séries históricas (Jan./07 a Jun./09) do desempenho individual mensal de 950 servidores públicos que atuam como fiscais, foram comparados o nível de atingimento das metas tributárias e administrativas. Adicionalmente, tais evidências foram trianguladas com observações participativas e análises documentais. Apesar da folga orçamentária detectada na utilização de metas com alta probabilidade de atingimento, o desempenho nas tarefas administrativas duplicou no último ano analisado, evidência de que o nível de esforço individual cresceu apesar do incentivo pecuniário ser garantido em um nível menor de esforço. Assim, como em outras pesquisas em organizações públicas, discute-se a existência de uma motivação intrínseca no servidor. / Public organizations have been adopting performance measurement models (MMD), taking as example the private initiative, seeking to create incentives to the efficiency of servants teams. This assignment analyzed the MMD of the Department of Taxation of a Brazilian State and identified that, considering the goal agreed by the management team of the department, the organization operates in a regime of budgetary slack, in an organizational environment of lower pressure in relation of the goals achievement and consequent reward. Through historical series (Jan./07 to June/09) of the individual monthly performance of 950 civil servants acting as fiscals, it was compared the achievement level of the tributary and administrative goals. Additionally, such evidences were triangulated with participative observations and documental analysis. In spite of the budgetary slack detected in the use of goals with high achievement probability, the performance in the administrative tasks doubled in the last year analyzed, evidence that the individual effort level increased, despite the fact that the pecuniary incentive is guaranteed in a lower level of effort. Therefore, as in other researches in public organizations, it is discussed the existence of an intrinsic motivation in the servant.

Organizações públicas vêm adotando modelos de mensuração de desempenho (MMD), a exemplo da iniciativa privada, buscando gerar incentivos à eficiência de equipes de servidores. Este trabalho analisou o MMD da Secretaria da Fazenda de um dos Estados do Brasil e identificou que, a partir das metas pactuadas pela equipe diretiva da secretaria, a organização opera em um regime de folga orçamentária, em um ambiente organizacional de menor tensão em relação ao atingimento das metas e consequente gratificação. Através de séries históricas (Jan./07 a Jun./09) do desempenho individual mensal de 950 servidores públicos que atuam como fiscais, foram comparados o nível de atingimento das metas tributárias e administrativas. Adicionalmente, tais evidências foram trianguladas com observações participativas e análises documentais. Apesar da folga orçamentária detectada na utilização de metas com alta probabilidade de atingimento, o desempenho nas tarefas administrativas duplicou no último ano analisado, evidência de que o nível de esforço individual cresceu apesar do incentivo pecuniário ser garantido em um nível menor de esforço. Assim, como em outras pesquisas em organizações públicas, discute-se a existência de uma motivação intrínseca no servidor. / Public organizations have been adopting performance measurement models (MMD), taking as example the private initiative, seeking to create incentives to the efficiency of servants teams. This assignment analyzed the MMD of the Department of Taxation of a Brazilian State and identified that, considering the goal agreed by the management team of the department, the organization operates in a regime of budgetary slack, in an organizational environment of lower pressure in relation of the goals achievement and consequent reward. Through historical series (Jan./07 to June/09) of the individual monthly performance of 950 civil servants acting as fiscals, it was compared the achievement level of the tributary and administrative goals. Additionally, such evidences were triangulated with participative observations and documental analysis. In spite of the budgetary slack detected in the use of goals with high achievement probability, the performance in the administrative tasks doubled in the last year analyzed, evidence that the individual effort level increased, despite the fact that the pecuniary incentive is guaranteed in a lower level of effort. Therefore, as in other researches in public organizations, it is discussed the existence of an intrinsic motivation in the servant.

Este estudo se propõe a analisar como a combinação dos indicadores em um modelo de medida de desempenho (MMD) impacta na criação de folga orçamentária em uma organização pública. A administração pública (AP) em geral, a partir do movimento New Public Management passou a importar ferramentas e técnicas do setor privado para gerenciar suas ações. A literatura sobre medidas de desempenho no setor privado, relata que a avaliação de desempeho está relacionada à criação de folga orçamentária. Os trabalhos no setor público relatam que uma das ferramentas mais importadas do setor privado é a avaliação e medida de desempenho. Dessa forma, este trabalho verificou se um subconjunto das variáveis que influenciam na criação de folga orçamentária existe nas administrações públicas e analisa qual o impacto dessas variáveis na criação de folga orçamentária. O estudo de campo se deu na administração pública brasileira. O estudo foi baseado na análise das séries históricas (de meta e realizado) dos indicadores do MMD da Secretaria de Estado da Fazenda (Sefaz) de um estado brasileiro. Os resultados dessa análise foram triangulados com evidências obtidas por meio de entrevistas em profundidade feitas com funcionários públicos da Sefaz. Os resultados apresentados aqui não confirmam a teoria onde indicadores contábeis e relacionados a bônus estão relacionados positivamente na criação de folga orçamentária. / This study aims to analyze how the combination of indicators in a model of performance measurement (MMD) impacts on the creation of budgetary slack in a public organization. The public administration (PA) in general, from the New Public Management movement has imported tools and techniques of the private sector to manage their actions. The literature on performance measures in the private sector, reports that the evaluation of performance is related to the creation of budgetary slack. Some papers in the public sector reported that performance assessment and measurement is one of the implemented used tools from the private sector. Thus, this study examined whether a subset of variables that influence the creation of budgetary slack exists in public administration and considers what impact of these variables in the creation of budgetary slack. The field study was made in the Brazilian public administration. The study was based on analysis of historical data (goal and realized) of the indicators of MMD Brazilian State Secretary of Finance (Sefaz). The results of this analysis were triangulated with evidence obtained through in-depth interviews with public officials. The results presented here do not confirm the theory in which accounting-related and bonuses-related indicators are positively related in the creation of budgetary slack.

In this era of globalisation and fierce competition amongst businesses, there is a need to improve advanced operations management philosophies such as just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing to enhance business performance. Literature review shows that there is no mechanism so far to identify key JIT drivers relevant to a given organisation and its production processes, and their impact on enterprise performance. The research carried out here therefore involved the development of a generic performance measurement model to identify and capture the influence of JIT practices on enterprise performance. A conceptual performance measurement model, which was designed based on comprehensive literature review and informal interviews/discussions with both academic researchers and industry practitioners describes the link between JIT drivers (Xi) and measurable performance (Y). This mathematically determined model is aimed at assisting managers in the systematic identification of the influence of key JIT drivers on enterprise performance using a multidimensional tool such as the extended balanced scorecard. The case study approach was selected as the most suitable methodology for testing and validating the conceptual model in JIT enabled production plant and was applied to the production process of Denso Manufacturing (UK) Ltd., a global automotive component manufacturer. A novel eight-step implementation procedure was designed to collect data, which were analysed and validated by design of experiments, linear mathematical modelling, computer based dynamic simulation and analytic hierarchy process tool. The performance measurement model was then successfully applied to a non-automotive component production plant (Risane Ltd.). In conclusion, the performance measurement model can now be suitably applied to JIT enabled manufacturing environments using relevant organisation specific JIT drivers and key performance indicators to optimise system performance. The contribution to knowledge is an innovative, user friendly, robust and multidimensional performance measurement model enabling industry practitioners to optimise JIT processes with substantial performance enhancement. The model could also be applied by future researchers to other operations management philosophies and industries, and at a higher level could be developed into a self-optimising software package, which will enable rapid determination of the key control parameters needed to optimise process performance just in time.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:32:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Thiago Henrique Viana Santos.pdf: 2674839 bytes, checksum: 6f6000e9bcb9f0b63511ebb1fde76a1d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-02-04 / The performance measurement systems were seen in a new light after the creation of the balanced scorecard (BSC) introduced by Kaplan and Norton in the early 90 s, presenting a far broader methodology of management and business performance compared with controls based on accounting and financial indicators. Since its introduction, the BSC has evolved and gained a high degree of recognition as one of the most widely used tools among the recent innovations in the context of management control. One of the most discussed approaches by present authors is the cause and effect relationship between scorecards. Thus, this study aims to develop an analysis of the relationship between performance measurement system indicators from Petrobras refining segment, thereby aiding the increment of the system and contributing to the process of strategic management of the company. The research includes interviews with managers of the company to develop a hypothetical model of cause and effect relationship between indicators, and the Granger causality test was used to assess the statistical significance of the model. After completion of tests, results were presented to managers for model validation. The analysis indicates that in general the time series data provided support for understanding the cause and effect relationship of the performance measurement system from Petrobras refining segment. Testing various lags it was possible to verify that in most of relations the predictive capacity is established significantly. Thus, this study contributes to the understanding of relations between indicators from Petrobras refining segment, through the identification of lags, opportunities for revision of weight, indicators identity and formula, and thus providing key inputs for improving the company s performance measurement system. / Os sistemas de mensuração de desempenho foram vistos sob uma nova perspectiva após a criação do balanced scorecard (BSC) introduzido por Kaplan e Norton no início dos anos 1990, apresentando uma metodologia muito mais ampla de gestão e desempenho empresarial comparando-se com os controles baseados em indicadores contábeis e financeiros. Desde a sua introdução, o BSC evoluiu e ganhou um elevado grau de reconhecimento como uma das ferramentas mais amplamente utilizadas dentre as recentes inovações no contexto do controle gerencial. Uma das abordagens mais discutidas pelos autores atuais é a relação de causa e efeito entre os scorecards . Assim, o presente trabalho tem como objetivo desenvolver uma análise sobre a relação entre os indicadores do sistema de mensuração de desempenho do segmento refino da Petrobras, criando subsídios para o incremento do sistema e contribuindo assim com o processo de gestão estratégica da companhia. A pesquisa inclui entrevista com os gestores da companhia para desenvolvimento de um modelo hipotético de relação de causa e efeito entre os indicadores, e para testar a significância estatística do modelo utilizou-se o teste de causalidade de Granger. Após a realização dos testes os resultados foram apresentados para os gestores para validação do modelo. A análise indica que de maneira geral os dados das séries temporais forneceram apoio para o entendimento das relações de causa e efeito do sistema de mensuração de desempenho do segmento refino da Petrobras. Testando várias defasagens foi possível constatar que na maioria das relações a capacidade preditiva é estabelecida de forma significativa. Assim, o presente estudo contribuiu para o entendimento das relações entre os indicadores do segmento refino da Petrobras, através da identificação das defasagens, oportunidades de revisão no peso, identidade e fórmula de indicadores, e, desta forma, fornecendo insumos fundamentais para o aprimoramento do sistema de mensuração de desempenho da companhia.

This Master‘s thesis deals with a performance evaluation of a selected business. The first part of the thesis is focused on basic terms and theoretical introduction related to the tools for measuring and evaluating company performance. The next part contains an introduction of the company, a current state assessment and a practical application of theoretical findings. The final part of the thesis includes suggestions for performance and current situation improvement.

本研究以Plantinga（2010）對退休金基金所提出之績效歸因模型應用於臺灣的壽險公司，並檢定每單位負債下，壽險公司的資產負債配置不匹配是否會影響到公司的投資收益；以及檢定在公司規模及壽險公司負債成本兩因素做為控制變數之下，資產負債不匹配程度是否會影響到壽險公司的投資報酬率的部分，得到以下結果： （一） 在2007年至2012年間，每單位負債下，壽險公司的資產負債配置不匹配會影響到公司的投資收益，且影響為負。 （二） 壽險公司的盈餘資產積極投資報酬率，與其負債成本間有顯著的正向相關；和公司規模間有正向相關；而與資產負債不匹配程度無明顯的相關性。 （三） 壽險公司的名目資產積極投資報酬率，與其資產負債不匹配程度有正向相關，但並不非常顯著；而與公司規模無明顯的相關性；與負債成本相關性之間的關係，亦不是非常顯著。 此研究應用Plantinga（2010）的內部績效衡量的模型，其以每單位負債表示報酬率，更能清楚看出，若在不增加自有資本的前提下，每個績效歸因對公司負債的影響大小，可以做為業界之參考。 關鍵字：資產配置、內部績效、追蹤資料、資產負債不匹配程度 / This research of pension fund is conducted based on Plantinga’s (2010) performance attribution model and applied to insurance companies in Taiwan; The research tested how insurance companies investment return per unit of liability and investment rate of return would be affected would be affected under the circumstance of asset-liability-mismatch based on two variables: company size and cost of capital. The result is shown below: （i） Under unit liability, the asset-liability allocation has negative effect on the return of insurer during 2007 to 2012. （ii） There is a significant positive relationship between insurer’s cost of liability and surplus asset active return rate; positive relationship between insurer’s liability scale and surplus asset active return rate; no significant relationship between asset-liability mismatch level and surplus asset active return rate. （iii） There is a positive but not significant relationship between asset-liability mismatch level and nominal asset active return rate; no significant relationship between insurer’s liability scale and nominal asset active return rate; no significant relationship between insurer’s cost of liability and nominal asset active return rate, either. The research, which is based on Platinga’s (2010) internal performance measurement model, demonstrates the degree of influence on company’s liability disregard of any capital injection. The result can be used as industry reference. Key words：asset-liability allocation, internal performance measurement model, asset-liability mismatch level, panel data