The Quality Management of the Lecturers’ Performance in the Polytechnic of Health Sciences
(An Analysis of the Influence of Leadership Behavior, Organizational Climate, Achievement
Motivation and Commitment on the the Lecturers’ Performance in the Polytecnic of Health
Sciences Ministry of Public Health in Bandung).
The low competency of the Polytecnic of Health Sciences graduates in Indonesia is currently
under the spotlight. This phenomenon is assumed to have a significant correlation with the
achievement of the Human Development Index target. Based on the theoretical review, the low
competency of the graduates is caused by the low performance of the lecturers. From the
theoretical point of view, the low performance of the lecturers can be influenced by the
lecturers’ motivation, commitment, leadership and organizational climate. Based on this
framework, the writer is interested to conduct the quantitative research through survey
method. This research is carried out in the Polytecnic of Health Sciences in Bandung. The
population of the research is 268 lecturers, and the sample is determined by Cochran theory
(2009) and resulted in 161 lecturers as the sample. The respondents of this reseach are lecturers
and students. Path analysis is used as the tehnique of analysis. The result of the research shows
that the average score of the quality of the lecturers performance in the Polytecnic of Health
Sciences is in average category. The aspect of teaching and learning process is more dominant
compared to the performance of the research and community services aspects. This finding
confirms the current practice of the lecturers who still prioritize teaching and learning, rather
than the research and community service activities. The variables of achievement motivation,
lecturers’ comrnitment, leadership behavior, and organizational climate variables influence the
lecturers’ performance both simultaniously and individually. It means that the lecturers’
performance is influenced by achievement motivation, lecturers’ commitment, leadership
behavior, and organizational climate variables. Among the four variables, the achievement
motivation has the strongest influence on the lecturers’ performance. This research offers an
alternative hyphotetic strategy for managing the improvement of lecturers’ performance which
can be used by the leaders of the Polytecnic of Health Sciences as the input material to improve
the quality of human resources, especially lecturers.
