AN EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS IN A TURKISH UNIVERSITY

Year 2016, Volume: 5 , 416 - 419, 01.09.2016

Ugur Ozcan İsmet Soylemez Ahmet Dogan

Abstract

In
educational institutions, performance efficiency of the departments should be
reviewed within the context of continuous development and improvement
activities. An effective performance evaluation system enables the use of
resources in the most effective manner. One indication representing the
development level of a country is the scientific knowledge. Engineering
departments play a critical role in increasing the scientific knowledge of a
country. So, in this study, a Multiple-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) approach
is proposed for the performance evaluation of the engineering departments in a
Turkish University. The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) is used to determine
the relative criteria weights and The Technique for Order of Preference by
Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method is applied to prioritize and rank
those departments. The performance criteria considered in this study are
student ratio (undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral student), research
publications, number of master theses and doctoral theses completed, academic
staff, total achievement scores and so on. The results obtained from this
study, Decision Makers could see the performance efficiency of the engineering
departments in an easier way and taking appropriate measures will provide
continuous improvement within the scope of the development of this department.

Keywords

Engineering department, technical education, MCDM, AHP, TOPSIS

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