Combining AHP and DEA Methods for Selecting a Project Manager

Authors

  • Baruch Keren SCE- Shamoon College of Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management Department
  • Yossi Hadad SCE- Shamoon College of Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management Department
  • Zohar Laslo SCE- Shamoon College of Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management Department

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7595/management.fon.2014.0016

Keywords:

Project Management (PM), Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP), Ranking Methods (RM)

Abstract

A project manager has a major influence on the success or failure of the project. A good project manager can match between the strategy and objectives of the organization and the goals of the project. Therefore, the selection of the appropriate project manager is a key factor for the success of the project. A potential project manager is judged by his or her proven performance and personal qualifications. This paper proposes a method to calculate the weighted scores and the full rank of candidates for managing a project, and to select the best of those candidates. The proposed method combines specific methodologies: the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and the Analytical Hierarchical Process (AHP) and uses DEA Ranking Methods to enhance selection.

Author Biographies

Baruch Keren, SCE- Shamoon College of Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management Department

Baruch Keren is Senior Lecturer in the Industrial Engineering and Management Department at SCE – Shamoon College of Engineering. He is also a Lecturer at the Open University of Israel. He received his B.Sc., M.Sc., and Ph.D. summa cum laude in Industrial Engineering from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. His professional experience includes 13 years at Israel Chemicals Ltd. and its subsidiaries, concentrating in the areas of industrial engineering, economics, and auditing. His current research interests are decision-making under uncertainty, production planning, project management, and operations research.

Yossi Hadad, SCE- Shamoon College of Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management Department

Yossi Hadad is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management at SCE – Shamoon College of Engineering. His areas of specialty are DEA, work study and ranking methods. He has published six books and more than 40 papers in these areas. He received his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. (summa cum laude) in Industrial Engineering from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

Zohar Laslo, SCE- Shamoon College of Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management Department

Zohar Laslo is Dean and Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management at SCE – Shamoon College of Engineering. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. summa cum laude from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He continued his education as a post-doctoral research fellow at the Tel-Aviv University. His academic career includes teaching and research at Bezalel – Academy of Art, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Tel-Aviv University, and SCE – Shamoon College of Engineering. He has authored about 80 publications in the fields of operational research and industrial management.

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Published

2014-07-14

How to Cite

Keren, B., Hadad, Y., & Laslo, Z. (2014). Combining AHP and DEA Methods for Selecting a Project Manager. Management:Journal of Sustainable Business and Management Solutions in Emerging Economies, 19(71), 17–28. https://doi.org/10.7595/management.fon.2014.0016

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 71 (2014)

Section

Articles