The Mediation Partnership Strategy and Competitive Program In Improving The Performance of Vocational High Schools

This research aims to prove and analyze the improvement in the performance of Vocational High Schools (SMK) through increasing industry requirements and organized capability mediated by partnership strategies and competitive programs. The unit of research analysis is Vocational School Leaders in West Java Province. The research method used was a descriptive and explanatory survey with a minimum sample of 338 respondents. The data analysis method used was Structural Equation Modeling with the SmartPLS 9.3.2 statistical analysis tool. The research results show that industry requirements, organized capability, partnership strategy and competitive programs simultaneously have a significant effect on organized performance. Industry requirements partially do not have a significant effect on organized performance. Partnership strategy partially has the most dominant influence on organized performance. Other results show that partnership strategy and competitive programs have a significant influence in mediating industry requirements and organized capability on organized performance. Competitive programs have a significant influence in mediating partnership strategy on organized performance. However, partnership strategy mediation on the influence of industry requirements on organized performance was full mediation and the most dominant compared to other mediations. Managerial implications, to improve the performance of Vocational High Schools (SMK) in West Java which focuses on outcomes (efficiency) can be improved through industry requirements with an emphasis on soft skills in student work motivation mediated by increasing partnership strategies on evaluation factors, especially increasing external evaluations with DU /DI towards the implementation of school programs.