EVALUATING CHILDREN’S HOMES OF SOCIAL SERVICES AND CHILDREN PROTECTION AGENCY VIA DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS

Year 2008, Volume: 19 Issue: 1, 57 - 70, 15.04.2008

Şafak Kırış Berna Ulutaş

Abstract

The environment that children grow up in has an
important role in the formation of their future life and the aim of this paper
is to improve the living conditions of children at protection homes. Data
Envelopment Analysis (DEA), one of the most common techniques in the efficiency
analysis of homogenous organizations, is used to evaluate children’s homes of
Social Services and Children Protection Agency. Inputs and outputs are defined
in the model and to obtain their priority, the weight restrictions are
calculated. CCR output model with and without weight restrictions are solved
and finally appropriate conditions are proposed for the protection homes. 

Keywords

Efficiency, Data Envelopment Analysis

Sosyal Hizmetler ve Çocuk Esirgeme Kurumuna Bağlı Çocuk Yuvalarının Veri Zarflama Yöntemiyle Değerlendirilmesi

Abstract

Çocukların içinde büyüdükleri ortamın, onların
gelecek yaşantılarının şekillenmesinde önemli bir rolü vardır. Bu çalışmanın
amacı da çocuk esirgeme kurumlarında kalan çocukların yasam koşullarının
iyileştirilmesine yöneliktir. Bu çalışmada, homojen birimlerin etkinliklerinin
çözümlenmesinde yaygın olarak kullanılan yöntemlerden biri olan Veri Zarflama
Analizi (VZA) Sosyal Hizmetler ve Çocuk Esirgeme Kurumu’na bağlı çocuk
yuvalarını değerlendirmek üzere kullanılmıştır. Model için gerekli girdi ve
çıktılar, önceliklerini belirlemek üzere tanımlanmış ve ağırlık kısıtları
hesaplanmıştır. CCR çıktı modeli için, ağırlık kısıtlarının bulunduğu ve
bulunmadığı durumlara yönelik çözümler aranmıştır. Elde edilen sonuçlar
yorumlanmış ve esirgeme kurumları için uygun koşullar önerilmiştir. 

Keywords

etkinlik, veri zarflama analizi

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