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Developing Performance Measurement Model of Mosques Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Islam Volume 9(1) April 2021, hlm. 5-25 P-ISSN: 2338-2783 | E-ISSN: 2549-3876 DOI: https://doi.org/10.35836/jakis.v9i1.218 DEVELOPING PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT MODEL OF MOSQUES Umi Khabibah, Ratno Agriyanto & Dessy Noor Farida Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Walisongo Semarang Jl. Walisongo No 3-5, Semarang 50185, Jawa Tengah, Indonesia Email: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]* ABSTRACT The main objective of this research is to find the performance measurement model of mosques in Ngaliyan District. The performance measurement model is adopted from the performance measurement model for organizations profit. This study uses mosque resources, management processes, and mosque performance as research variables. Mosque resources are grouped into mosque management resources (ta'mir), financial resources, and mosque facilities. Process management consists of stewardship management, financial management, and planning management. while the mosque's performance is shown through the implementation of religious activities and religious social services. The survey is limited to jami’ mosques in Ngaliyan District which are listed in SIMAS-Kemenag RI (Mosque Information System of Ministry of Religious Affairs of Republic of Indonesia) 2019. By purposive sampling, there are 36 valid samples for the analysis. Path analysis was applied to analyse the data. The results of this research using quantitative method showed that were significant influences between resource and mosque performance with management processes as the mediating variables. The findings from this study will be useful for mosque stakeholders such as mosque administrators, donors, congregations, and religious authorities who are directly affected by mosque performance. Keywords: Management Processes; Mosque; Performance; Resource ABSTRAK Tujuan utama dari penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui model pengukuran kinerja masjid di Kecamatan Ngaliyan. Model pengukuran kinerja diadopsi dari model pengukuran kinerja untuk laba organisasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan sumber daya masjid, proses manajemen, dan kinerja masjid sebagai variabel penelitian. Sumber daya masjid dikelompokkan menjadi sumber daya pengelolaan masjid (ta'mir), sumber keuangan, dan fasilitas masjid. Manajemen proses terdiri dari manajemen kepengurusan, manajemen keuangan, dan manajemen perencanaan. Sedangkan kinerja masjid ditunjukkan melalui penyelenggaraan kegiatan keagamaan dan bakti sosial keagamaan. Survei dibatasi pada masjid jami di Kecamatan Ngaliyan yang terdaftar dalam SIMAS-Kemenag RI (Sistem Informasi Masjid Kementerian Agama Republik Indonesia) 2019. Secara purposive sampling terdapat 36 sampel yang valid untuk dianalisis. Analisis jalur diterapkan untuk menganalisis data. Hasil penelitian dengan menggunakan metode kuantitatif menunjukkan bahwa terdapat pengaruh yang signifikan antara sumber daya dan kinerja masjid dengan proses manajemen sebagai variabel mediasi. Temuan dari studi ini akan bermanfaat bagi pemangku kepentingan Diterima: 19/01/2021 Direvisi: 22/02/2021 Disetujui: 31/03/2021 6 Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Islam Vol. 9, No. 1 (April 2021) masjid seperti pengurus masjid, donatur, jemaah, dan otoritas keagamaan yang secara langsung terpengaruh oleh kinerja masjid. Kata kunci: Proses Manajemen; Mesjid; Kinerja; Sumber Daya 1. INTRODUCTION Indonesia is a country with a predominantly Muslim population. Muslims in Indonesia who dominate the territory of Indonesia are directly proportional to the number of mosques as a house of Muslims worship. The Mosque Information System (SIMAS) from the Ministry of Religious Affairs (Kemenag) has shown that there are 741,991 mosques and mushollas in Indonesia with various typologies (simas.kemenag.go.id). Hasibuan a researcher anh the author of the book Empowerment of Mosques in The Future states that mosques are buildings that are closely related to Muslims, surrounding environment, community environment, and leadership (Aryani, 2015). Mosques have a strategic position for Muslims as an effort to make personal and Islamic society. Hence the mosque must be properly functioning in a broad sense, not a narrow sense—as viewed by the society in general—that is only for praying in congregation. Mosques in the days of Rasulullah had various tasks. Quba Mosque as the first mosque that was built by the Prophet Muhammad, in addition to functioning as a place of worship, also served as a place to gather Muslims. Besides that, the mosque also served as a place to announce important matters pertaining to the life of the Muslim community, a place to settle issues of the country and society, as a place of education and information center, and to be a residence for science seekers (Ahlus Suffah) (Gazalba, 1994). The mosque is now unable to function as a mosque in the time of Rasulullah, but the mosque began to show performance to function outside the religious activities. (Aryani, 2015) suggests that whether it is realized or not, the current mosque not only serves as a place of worship, but also tends to make new movements by enabling the mosque as a center of culture and muamalat, education center, marriage and even sightseeing spots. A mosque is a religious nonprofit organization that is based as an organization or public agency because it gains a major income from community contributions. The Law No. 14 of 2008 defines the public agency as an executive, legislative, judicial or other entity whose functions and duties are related to the conduct of the state. Some or all of the funds are from the state budget (APBN), regional government budget (APBD) or non- governmental organizations. Since the sources are from the APBN and/or the APBD, community contributions and/or overseas mosques as part of the Law No 14 year 2008 are expected to apply the law. The people’s fund donated to the mosque through infaq, charity or waqf should be used to maintain the existence of the mosque by maintaining its prosperity. The Minister of Religious Affairs of Republic of Indonesia (Kemenag RI) through the Directorate General of Community Guidance (Ditjen Bimas) Khabibah, Agriyanto & Farida: Developing Performance Measurement Model of Mosques 7 in the period 2015-2016 has given the development assistance/rehabilitation to 584 mosques throughout Indonesia. In 2015, the houses of worship facilitated by Ditjen Bimas were 437 mosques and musholla in total, which consist of 344 units of mosques and 93 units of musholla. In 2016, the houses of worship facilitated were 333 mosques and mushollas consisting of 240 units of mosques and 93 units of mushollas. The provision of development assistance/rehabilitation of houses of worship by the Ministry of Religious Affairs of Republic of Indonesia is the embodiment of the mosque's development program in order to increase the efforts of Islamic religious affairs and sharia cultivation. The assistance given to the house of worship (including the mosque) has a long-term impact on which the management of the mosque is expected to empower the assistance that has been given by making the mosque central to Muslims. Therefore, as a form of accountability for the assistance that has been given to the mosque, the mosque committee (ta'mirs) are expected to demonstrate improved performance and show that the objectives of the mosque are in the process of achievement (Rahman & Yusof, 2015). Jami' mosque is one of the most widely found mosque typology in Indonesia. Kemenag through the website of SIMAS noted that there are at least 203,981 jami' mosques in Indonesia. Jami' mosque is a mosque which is located at the level of village/kelurahan which majority of the building of mosque is financed by local self-government. Thus, the operation of the mosque in order to reach its prosperity will depend on the contributions of the society. Jami ' mosque is a rural mosque that is located at the static mosque level until the mosque is actively seen from the side of its management. Jami' mosque relies heavily on donations from the surrounding community as its main stakeholders. The help of the government is very little found in this mosque typology. The great reliance on help from society can be the main reason why performance measurement is needed as a means of public accountability. Lack of attention to the management of the mosque, can be a latent danger in the continuity of mosque management. It is proven from some cases of misappropriation of mosques funds that occurred lately. At the end of 2018, on 5 November 2018 the chairman of Masjid Yayasan in Palopo managed to corrupt the mosque grants as much as 5 billion rupiah. Before the case, in July 2018, Subiyanto, mosque ta’mir of Pakuwon Mall Surabaya embezzle 266 million from mosque infaq. The above circumstances triggered an increase in the need for a performance measurement especially the mosque ta’mirs who have been trusted by the community to manage the Islamic worship house. In the management of the mosque's religious organization, in order to gain public trust, the manager should take responsibility for what has been done in managing the mosque (Al Muddatstsir, Kismawadi, & Farida, 2018). Performance measurement is important to measure the success rate of an organization in achieving its objectives (Baihaqi, 2015). The measurements 8 Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Islam Vol. 9, No. 1 (April 2021) will see how much success you have achieved compared to your planned program or target (Agriyanto, 2015). Performance measurements applied to
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