Foreit J R, Foreit K G
Stud Fam Plann. 1984 May-Jun;15(3):112-20.
The cost-effectiveness of reducing the frequency of routine supervision from monthly to quarterly was evaluated in a closely controlled field experiment conducted in a community-based distribution program in Piaui State in northeast Brazil. The results demonstrated substantial potential savings in supervisors' salaries and travel at no cost to program performance (new acceptors, revisits, distributor turnover). A possible reason for this finding was that most supervisory visits were primarily concerned with collecting inventory and service statistics, which probably contributed little to post performance. It was suggested that the number of supervisors and the frequency of supervision should be linked to productive rather than routine supervisory activities.
在巴西东北部皮奥伊州一项基于社区的分发项目中进行的严格控制的实地实验中，评估了将常规监督频率从每月一次降至每季度一次的成本效益。结果表明，在不影响项目绩效（新接受者、回访、分销商更替）的情况下，监督员的工资和差旅费可大幅节省。这一发现的一个可能原因是，大多数监督访问主要关注收集库存和服务统计数据，这可能对后期绩效贡献不大。有人建议，监督员的数量和监督频率应与生产性而非常规监督活动挂钩。
