The Performance evaluation of research groups In the Engineering Research Institute with VIKOR Method

Abstract

Using the scientific decision making methods is one of the basic part of the management in every organizations. Nowadays scientific survey of the organizations performance is one of the most important problems of the managers. The efficient evaluation can be used for determining the strength and weakness points. VIKOR is one of the methods of performance evaluation for helping managers in optimal decision making that has some advantages in compare of other techniques. At first this Article explain the Decision Making models then the VIKOR method is explained and compared with other methods and at last the research groups in the Engineering Research Institute are ranked with VIKOR and others methods. The VIKOR technique can be used in other organizations that have similar specifications with the sample organization

Keywords

• criteria
• research groups
• ranking
• multiple criteria decision making
• vikor