Erkut Altındağ

Analysis of the cost and efficiency relationship: experience in the Turkish pay for performance system

This paper analyzes the effects of the pay for performance (PFP) system on the efficiencies of public and private hospitals in Turkey. In order to evaluate these effects, we examine the relationship between hospital efficiency and health care costs in Turkey, and address the impact of the PFP system on the efficiencies of public and private hospitals. In an effort to analyze the efficiencies of public and private hospitals, this study uses data envelopment analysis. The Malmquist Productivity Index is also used to analyze the patterns of efficiency change for the study years from 2001 to 2008. This study shows that health care costs and hospital efficiency are negatively correlated for private hospitals, while they are positively correlated for public hospitals. In other words, increased health care costs might reduce efficiency in private hospitals in contrast to public hospitals. Our findings also indicate that average efficiencies of public hospitals tend to increase, particularly during the implementation period of PFP system. The efficiency trend of private hospitals, conversely, decreased in the latter periods of the PFP system. Suggestions for improvement are provided to the health care policy makers regarding the impact of health care reforms on public and private hospitals.

Effects of Flexible Working Method on Employee Performance: An Empirical Study in Turkey

Flexible working methods have become more popular, because they increase employees’ quality of life. The number of Turkish firms that support flexible working models and help employees coordinate their work and personal life better are increasing, because employers consider their employees’ personal lives as more important. Changes in sectoral scope also played an important role in creating flexible working methods. For instance, the service sector’s need to support long-term projects in shipping, banking, telecommunication, press, and oil led to new work processes to focus on customer satisfaction while introducing more flexible working methods. This study presents the effects of flexible working methods on employee performance. It found that flexible working models are very precious for the improvement of and the sustainability of employee performance. According to the results many of flexible methods factors including job’s suitability for flexibility, job loyalty and attitude towards flexible working hours directly affect the employee performance

Antecedents and consequences of organizational ambidexterity: the moderating role of networking

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a holistic model regarding the antecedents and consequences of organizational ambidexterity in the context of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), particularly for developing countries such as Turkey. Moreover, this paper also aims to reveal the moderating role of networking between organizational ambidexterity and firm performance. Design/methodology/approach By studying 105 SMEs engaged in small business and technology development centers (SBTDCs), structural equation modeling through SmartPLS is executed. Findings The findings show that: discipline and support positively influence the formation and the maintenance of organizational ambidexterity; organizational ambidexterity significantly contributes to firm performance; and the greater the networking the greater the relationship between exploitation capability and firm performance. Originality/value To date, there has been no systematic attempt in the extant literature to develop a holistic manner of organizational ambidexterity, with its antecedents and consequences in the context of SMEs in general, in SMEs of a developing country, Turkey in particular. Moreover, the moderating role of networking between organizational ambidexterity and a firm’s performance has never been examined.

The Impacts of Business Process Re-Engineering and Benchmarking on the Firm Performance

By the beginning of the 1900s; the change was a quite limited and slow, infrequent phenomenon that faced great challenges. Social changes accelerated and started to be experienced frequently in the new period that started with the development of business management. The changes are faster each day with the development of the intellectual culture and technology. The business world has become smoother and more complex as a result of this rapid change.The main purpose of all activities put forth by enterprises is to make their competitors accept their superiority and maximize their profitability in the market they exist. Today, it is necessary to resort to many modern management techniques and use these techniques in order to ensure this and then make it sustainable. The opinions of business managers on these modern management techniques were measured and it was tried to determine the point that our country exists in terms of such studies as a result of both the literature review and survey study conducted regarding these modern management techniques to which many business managers are acquainted with hearsay information.

The Effects of Chaos Theory, Sıx Sıgma and Blue ocean Approach on Fırm Performance at Famıly Fırms: An Empırıcal Study in Turkey

In this study, the effect of the modern management models on general performance of the family corporations was analyzed with the questionnaire method. Blue Ocean Strategy, Six Sigma and Chaos Theory were used as the modern management methods. In the questionnaire, total 330 directors working in 17 different family corporations were asked questions under the title of Market Orientation, Modern Management Models and General Performance of the Corporation. In analysis part, it was clearly seen that Blue Ocean Strategy came into prominence compared to Chaos Theory and decreased the effects of Six Sigma on overall performance. While necessity of reaction formation has a high importance for all operations in a competitive environment, it is an inevitable fact that highly negative effect of the non-reaction affects the financial and growing performance of the business. In conclusion, it came out that Blue Ocean Strategy directly affects the business performance and that corporations try to wait for an opportunity and try to increase the business skills in an ambiguous competitive environment.