THE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE ECONOMIC
                       CRISIS

                   Rodica Gherghina , Titu Maiorescu University, Bucharest
                     Florin Văduva , Titu Maiorescu University, Bucharest
                   Mirela Anca Postole, Titu Maiorescu University, Bucharest

ABSTRACT: The need to reduce public spending in the developing process and funding
of public services has led to the introduction of performance indicators in the public
institutions. Moreover, the need to optimize the educational activity, the implementation
of an efficient management, insuring the quality and the compatibility of the educational
systems has led to numerous investigations in this area by adopting, as a theoretical
reference framework some organizational models to explain the functionality of the
educational system and to define a performance appraisal system. Each model generated
by default a certain philosophy regarding the evaluation methods of the institutional
performance, design and use of the performance indicators on education institutions.

Key words: economic crisis, performance, indicators, education

JEL codes: I21, H52