This research aims to gain an overview of the evaluation results and the many challenges to implementing machining competency test certification (CTC) in Vocational High Schools (VHS). The research approach to evaluating this program is a qualitative method using the analysis of Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS). The program evaluation design in this study uses the Assessment Evaluability and Performance Monitoring (AEPM) model, which has four evaluation components: Context, Inputs, Activities, and Performance Monitoring. The subjects involved in data collection through the distribution of questionnaires of five VHS in the Special Capital Region of Jakarta. The technique of determining all subjects using the Purposive Sampling technique. The results showed the level of effectiveness of the implementation of the machining CTC program. Some dimensions need to be strengthened, especially for the “less and “very lacking” category. Finally, the approach presented in this research using the AEPM model is a step forward in the analysis of the CTC program. This approach can easily be replicated in other countries with similar aims as this research.

This study aims to analyze the influence of contextual factors, government role, implementation of corporate social responsibility, and competency on competitiveness of wood craft Small Medium Industries (SMI) in Bali Province, Indonesia. The renewal of this research is to include the implementation of CSR in order to improve business competencies and competitiveness of SMIs. A sample of 152 respondents from the wood crafts SMIs in Bali Province. The research approach used is quantitative (positivist) and the type of research is exploratory with a questionnaire as a method of data collection. Partial Least Square as a data analysis tool is used. The results of the study show that: contextual factors, government role, and CSR implementation had positive and significant effects on competencies and competitiveness of SMIs. Contextual factors have the smallest influence on business competencies and competitiveness when compared with other variables in the study.

Research on e-government and good governance is still rarely carried out, even though e-government and good governance are important factors in government companies. This research aims to analyze the relationship between e-government and financial performance, the relationship between employee competency variables on financial performance, and the relationship that good governance variables have on financial performance. The method of this research is quantitative through surveys, research data was obtained by distributing online questionnaires to 590 managers of government companies who were selected using a simple random sampling method, and an online questionnaire was designed using statements item with a Likert scale from 1 to 7. Data analysis used Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) with the SmartPLS 3.0 software tool to analyze research data. The stages of data analysis are validity testing, reliability testing, and significance testing of hypothesis testing. The results of this research show that e-government had a positive and significant effect on financial performance, and employee competence had a positive and significant effect on financial performance. Moreover, good governance had a positive and significant effect on financial performance. The novelty of this research is the creation of a new model of the relationship between e-government and financial performance, employee competence and financial performance, and good governance and financial performance which has not existed in previous studies. The practical implication of this research is that to improve the financial performance of government companies, we must implement e-government by increasing employee competency and implementing good governance.

The tax revenue in West Java has not fully realized and developed in accordance with the planned target. In line with reality, the employee performance in the Directorate General of Taxation should greatly determine the amount of tax revenue in West Java. Their performance can be measured based on the terms of quality, namely in achieving predetermined standards. While in the terms of quantity and responsibility, it can be measured based on their achievement on completion targets and following existing work procedures. This research method was carried out descriptively and verified. Assessment of scores on research variables is used as a descriptive method, while Path Analysis method is used both to aim and determine causality between research variables and hypothesis test. The descriptive result showed that Discipline, Compensation, Competency, Motivation, Commitment and Performance are categorized as ‘good’, but nonoptimal in their achievements. Verificative results showed that there are partially and simultaneously positive and significant effects between Discipline, Compensation, and Competency towards Motivation, both directly and indirectly. The most dominant effect on competency. Also, there are positive and significant effects between motivation and commitment towards employee performance in the West Java Regional I Office of Directorate General of Taxation.