The what, why and how to benchmark
Abstract
Benchmarking aims to compare the processes and practices of one institution to another institution with lower and higher standing. In nursing, benchmarking is conducted to improve their international reputation and ranking in terms of research outputs, research grants, and publications as well as students’ perceptions of their experiences and employers’ evaluations of the graduates. This editorial will provide readers steps on how to benchmark their institution for improvement or to provide evidence that their institution is on par with other high ranking institutions regionally and internationally.
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2. Camp RC, Camp Robert C. Benchmarking: the search for industry best practices that lead to superior performance. 1989.
3. Kempner DE, Shafer BS. The Pilot Years: The Growth of the NACUBO Benchmarking Project. Business Officer. 1993;27(6):21-31.
4. Bonutti A, De Cesco F, Di Gaspero L, Schaerf A. Benchmarking curriculum-based course timetabling: formulations, data formats, instances, validation, visualization, and results. Annals of Operations Research. 2012;194(1):59-70.
5. Weeks P. Benchmarking in higher education: An Australian case study. Innovations in Education and Training International. 2000;37(1):59-67.
6. Rafferty AM, Traynor M. Building and benchmarking research capacity for nursing. Sage Publications Sage CA: Thousand Oaks, CA; 1999.
7. Drew SA. From knowledge to action: the impact of benchmarking on organizational performance. Long range planning. 1997;30(3):427-41.
8. Zairi M. Benchmarking: the best tool for measuring competitiveness. Benchmarking for Quality Management & Technology. 1994;1(1):11-24.
9. James V, Clark JM. Benchmarking research development in nursing: Curran's competitive advantage as a framework for excellence. Journal of Research in Nursing. 2007;12(3):269-87.
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Lopez V. The what, why and how to benchmark. NPT. 2019;6(3):100-102.
