scholarly journals Performance Evaluation Criteria Development Process for Academic Staff at Universities

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-70
Author(s):  
Muhammed Faeq
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Performance Criteria ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Hrm Practices ◽  
The University ◽  
University Success ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Lecturer performance is an important factor on the university success. Based on this, universities are using different criterion to assess and improve lecturer performance. The current study aims to explain some of the important HRM practices on the lecturer performance. The second aim of the paper is to determine the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to evaluate lecturer performance. As result, we have developed the performance criteria to be evaluated periodically by departmental managers. The paper provides a detailed understanding of how AHP works and is useful to measure the performance at educational institutions to reward the high achieving lecturers. The model contains a robust methodology that might change from a university to another. Therefore, with this methodology, the criteria in a new setting might be reevaluated and the importance of each criterion can be recalculated.

Towards Academic Successor Selection Modelling with Genetic Algorithm in Multi-Criteria Problems

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.33) ◽  
pp. 130
Author(s):  
Atiqa Zukreena Zakuan ◽  
Shuzlina Abdul-Rahman ◽  
Hamidah Jantan ◽  
. .
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Algorithm ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Succession Planning ◽  
Fitness Function ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Fitness Value ◽  
Selection Decision ◽  
The University ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Succession planning is a subset of talent management that deals with multi-criteria and uncertainties which are quite complicated, ambiguous, fuzzy and troublesome. Besides that, the successor selection involves the process of searching the best candidate for a successor for an optimal selection decision. In an academic scenario, the quality of academic staff contributes to achieving goals and improving the performance of the university at the international level. The process of selecting appropriate academic staff requires good criteria in decision-making. The best candidate's position and criteria for the selection of academic staff is the responsibility of the Human Resource Management (HRM) to select the most suitable candidate for the required position. The various criteria that are involved in selecting academic staff includes research publication, teaching skills, personality, reputation and financial performance. Previously, most studies on multi-criteria decision-making adopt Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (FAHP). However, this method is more complex because it involved many steps and formula and may not produce the optimum results. Therefore, Genetic Algorithm (GA) is proposed in this research to address this problem in which a fitness function for the successor selection is based on the highest fitness value of each chromosome.    

scholarly journals LECTURERS’ MANAGERIAL COMPETENCIES IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS AT THE CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES

2018 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 465-482
Author(s):  
Helena Brožová ◽  
Jana Horáková ◽  
Jiří Fiedler
Keyword(s):  
Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Managerial Competencies ◽  
Good Communication ◽  
Knowledge Competencies ◽  
The University ◽  
Hierarchy Process

This research identifies the lecturers’ competencies which are the most important from the students’ perspective at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague and compares students’ opinion and their change over the whole study period. It does not deal with the knowledge competencies of lecturers that students cannot objectively evaluate, but with lecturers’ managerial competencies that affect the organization, forms and ways of teaching. The examined competencies are hierarchically organized into three groups of particular competencies comprising of bipolar characteristics. Based on survey of students at the University, the evaluation of importance of managerial competencies using the Analytic Hierarchy Process was performed. The findings show that Innovative education, Good communication skills, Ability of improvisation, and Democratic way of teaching are the most important lecturers’ competencies from students’ point of view. Surprisingly, Oral based presentation is preferred to IT based one. Knowledge of the most important managerial competencies can help lecturers and universities to increase quality of educational process and attractiveness of the university for students. Keywords. Analytic Hierarchy Process, higher educational institutions, lecturer’s managerial competencies, students’ perception.

scholarly journals Readiness for Training Disabled Students in Academic Staff of Universities

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
N.Y. Sorokin ◽  
T.G. Lukovenko
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Inclusive Education ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Professional Self ◽  
The University ◽  
High Degree ◽  
Special Competence

The readiness of the teaching staff of higher educational institutions for teaching and psychological and pedagogical support of students with disabilities is being considered. We emphasize that the personnel of the educational organization need special competence to work with persons with disabilities of various nosological groups. The issues of creating an accessible environment in the university were studied, the readiness of teachers to apply special educational technologies in the training of students with disabilities, to develop teaching and methodological materials; the ability to establish pedagogically appropriate relationships with students, and provide psychological and pedagogical support in matters of personal and professional self-determination. The results show a high degree of importance of special professional competencies for inclusive education. But, at the same time, teachers assess their own level of preparedness with students with disabilities as insufficient, which allowed to determine the main areas of work.

A Tool for GIS Based Risk Analysis for Transportation of Dangerous Goods on Road (the RAGISADR)

2016 ◽  
pp. 394-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Serhan Karabulut ◽  
Ebru V. Ocalir-Akunal
Keyword(s):  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
The Road ◽  
Dangerous Goods ◽  
International Regulations ◽  
Transport Of Dangerous Goods ◽  
Environmental Risk Analysis ◽  
Hierarchy Process

In this study, an environmental risk analysis model is developed as a decision support system (the RAGISADR) in order to assess environmental risks for transportation of dangerous goods. Transport of dangerous goods needs to be regulated to prevent accidents. Moving dangerous goods by road is governed by international regulations. GIS are used to quantify the factors on each link in the network that contribute to each of the evaluation criteria for a possible route. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used to assign weights to factors. The priority weights of each environmental criteria is calculated by using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) before risk models are implemented in the road network of Izmir-Manisa-Aydin-Mugla-Denizli (Aegean Region of Turkey). The most convenient route according to the criteria set is determined. The results give decision maker the possibility to choose the best alternative among possible routes according to certain criteria.

Modeling and Simulation of Partnership Network for ?an Intelligent Supply Chain

2011 ◽  
pp. 202-225
Author(s):  
Fouzia Ounnar ◽  
Patrick Pujo ◽  
Selma Limam Mansar
Keyword(s):  
Distributed Simulation ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Multicriteria Analysis ◽  
High Level Architecture ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Logistics Networks ◽  
Best Response ◽  
Partnership Network ◽  
High Level ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Contrary to actual logistics networks in which chains are frozen, in the proposed partnership network, a dynamic chain is only built each time an order is requested; nothing is planned ahead of time. An isoarchic control model based on the holonic paradigm is proposed. The control of the partnership network can be seen through a simultaneous analysis of the holon views. The proposed control is based on a multicriteria analysis method by complete aggregation (Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)). The assignment of orders is based on the search for the best response to a Call For Proposals submitted by a customer. The solution that appears to be the most efficient in terms of the evaluation criteria will be adopted. For validation purposes, a simulation of the proposed approach was implemented using a distributed simulation environment HLA (High Level Architecture). A set of realistic tests were used to evaluate the proposed approach.

A Tool for GIS Based Risk Analysis for Transportation of Dangerous Goods on Road (the RAGISADR)

2016 ◽  
pp. 752-772
Author(s):  
Serhan Karabulut ◽  
Ebru V. Ocalir-Akunal
Keyword(s):  
Risk Analysis ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
The Road ◽  
Dangerous Goods ◽  
International Regulations ◽  
Transport Of Dangerous Goods ◽  
Environmental Risk Analysis ◽  
Hierarchy Process

In this study, an environmental risk analysis model is developed as a decision support system (the RAGISADR) in order to assess environmental risks for transportation of dangerous goods. Transport of dangerous goods needs to be regulated to prevent accidents. Moving dangerous goods by road is governed by international regulations. GIS are used to quantify the factors on each link in the network that contribute to each of the evaluation criteria for a possible route. The Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used to assign weights to factors. The priority weights of each environmental criteria is calculated by using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) before risk models are implemented in the road network of Izmir-Manisa-Aydin-Mugla-Denizli (Aegean Region of Turkey). The most convenient route according to the criteria set is determined. The results give decision maker the possibility to choose the best alternative among possible routes according to certain criteria.

scholarly journals An Integrated Analytic Hierarchy Process—Slack Based Measure-Data Envelopment Analysis Model for Evaluating the Efficiency of Logistics Service Providers Considering Undesirable Performance Criteria

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 2330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricija Bajec ◽  
Danijela Tuljak-Suban
Keyword(s):  
Data Envelopment Analysis ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Performance Criteria ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Dea Model ◽  
Logistics Service ◽  
Logistics Service Providers ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Sustainable concerns are reputed to be of the utmost priority among governments. Consequently, they have become more and more of a concern among supply chain partners. Logistics service providers (LPs), as significant contributors to supply chain success but also one of the greatest generator of emissions, play a significant role in reducing the negative environmental impact. Thus, the performance evaluations of LPs should necessarily involve such a measure which, firstly, represents a balance between all three pillars of sustainability and, secondly, consider the desirable and undesirable performance criteria. This paper proposes an integrated analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and slack-based measure (SBM) data envelopment analysis (DEA) model, based on the assumption of a variable return to scale (VRS). An AHP pairwise comparison enables selecting the most influential input/output variables. Output-oriented SBM DEA provides simultaneously evaluation of both the undesirable and desirable outputs. The proposed model was tested on a numerical example of 18 LPs. The comparison of output Charnes, Cooper and Rhodes (CCR) and SBM DEA models resulted in a higher number of inefficient LPs when the SBM DEA model was applied. Moreover, efficiency scores of inefficient LPs were lower in SBM DEA model. The proposed model is fair to those LPs that are environmentally friendly.

scholarly journals Designing a model to determine the preferred Islamic contract for a bank facilities applicant

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.2) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Marzieh Jahani ◽  
Parastoo Mohammadi
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Optimization Approach ◽  
Compromise Solution ◽  
Decision Matrix ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Hierarchy Process

This paper aims to present a model to determine the preferred Islamic contract for the bank facilities applicant in the industrial sector. For this purpose we use a consolidated method which includes the compromise solution multi-criteria optimization in the first phase, and the calculation of the cost of financing for the applicant of facilities in the second phase. Afterwards, by using the output of the both-phase, the preferred Islamic contract based on the combinational criterion has been determined for the applicant of the facilities. According to the fact that in the financing of the projects, in addition to the criteria related to the cost of financing, the qualitative criteria are also important, so both the qualitative and quantitative criteria have been considered in this research. In this study, we used four widely applied Islamic contracts (Jo’aalah Instalment sales, Hire purchase, Participation). The assessment criteria of the Islamic contracts have been extracted in the form of a questionnaire based on the previous studies and the expert’s point of view. In the first phase, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) has been used in order to determine the weights of the evaluation criteria of the Islamic contracts; and, in order to select an appropriate contract for the applicant, the compromise solution multi-criteria optimization approach (VIKOR), which is based on the decision matrix, was used. In the second phase, the cost of financing from the bank was estimated for the applicant of the facilities in the four contracts. Finally, the obtained results of the qualitative questionnaire and the cost of financing from the bank have been combined; thus, the preferred contract for the applicant of facilities has been determined based on a combinational criterion.

Fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making: An entropy-based approach to assess tourism sustainability

2019 ◽  
pp. 135481661988520
Author(s):  
Joseph Andria ◽  
Giacomo di Tollo ◽  
Raffaele Pesenti
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Multiple Criteria Decision Making ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Entropy Maximization ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Hierarchy Process ◽  
Direct Applicability

In this article, we propose a method for ranking tourist destinations and evaluating their performances under a sustainability perspective: a fuzzy multiple criteria decision-making method is applied for determining sustainability performance values and ranking destinations accordingly. We select a set of sustainability evaluation criteria and use a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process to weight the selected criteria. We also optimize each evaluator’s membership function support by means of a fuzzy entropy maximization criteria. A case study is illustrated and results are compared with two data envelopment analysis–based models. The simplicity of the proposed approach along with the easy readability of the results allow its direct applicability for all involved stakeholders.

scholarly journals Perspectives of Platform Operators, Content Producers, and Information Receivers toward Health and Fitness Apps

Information ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 481
Author(s):  
Ching Li ◽  
Chia-Wen Lee ◽  
Tzu-Chun Huang ◽  
Wei-Shiang Lai
Keyword(s):  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Ahp Method ◽  
Analytic Hierarchy ◽  
Content Category ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Fitness Industry ◽  
Health And Fitness ◽  
New Feature ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Hierarchy Process

The interactive mechanism among platform operators, content producers, and information receivers is increasingly complex in human–computer symbiosis. The purpose of this study is to identify the interactive value among platform operators, content producers, and information receivers with regard to information through the health and fitness apps by adopting an advanced Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method derived from professional perspectives of app users and operators, key opinion leaders, scholars, and officers. The AHP method was allocated weightings to the evaluation criteria from the twelve panelists from three groups of platform operators, content producers, and information receivers. After focus group interviews were conducted, four dimensions and twelve sub-dimensions of the initial health and fitness apps were obtained as follows: Content category: Monitoring, exercise, journaling, and sleeping; (2) User reviews: Fuctionality, interactivity, and criticism; (3) Content updates: New feature, correctness, and new language; (4) Platform terms: Privacy, accuracy, ownership, and right of use. The study integrated the panelists’ opinions toward health and fitness apps and analyzed the weight of each indicator according to their importance by Power Choice V2.5. The results revealed that the weights of dimensions of health and fitness apps were sorted by content category, user review, platform terms, and content update, as well as that the weights of the top six sub-dimensions were followed: monitoring, exercise, functionality, interactivity, privacy, and accuracy. Content producers suggested increasing the popularity of their products by adding new features, whereas information receivers preferred to correct problems. Content producers and information receivers graded platform terms as less essential, whereas platform operators rated platform terms higher. This study can contribute to assisting the health and fitness industry and the overall strategic operative process by identifying how the effectiveness in the procedures, estimative process, and cost-down can enhance competitiveness to further improve users experience and satisfaction.

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