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Assignment of employees to workplaces under consideration of employee competences and preferences

Assignment of employees to workplaces under consideration of employee competences and preferences Purpose – This paper seeks to develop a model for the assignment of employees to workplaces. Assignment methods are of high relevance in practice because employees should be assigned to workplaces according to their competences and preferences to ensure that motivated employees carry out tasks effectively and efficiently. Design/methodology/approach – Two goal programming models are introduced with inputs and valuations using the analytic hierarchy process. Findings – The two goal programming models for the assignment of employees to workplaces, which take into account both employee competences and preferences as well as workplace competence requirements and attributes, seem to be effective in helping to arrive at an optimal assignment decision. Research limitations/implications – In practice, one major problem is that the input data for the goal programming models are not updated regularly. Thus, the documentation of the competence profiles and the preferences of the employees might be out of date or incomplete. Originality/value – The development of the two goal programming models which could be applied immediately in practical competence management is what makes the work valuable and addresses a gap in the modelling of personnel assignment methodologies. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Management Research News Emerald Publishing

Assignment of employees to workplaces under consideration of employee competences and preferences

Malte L. Peters; Stephan Zelewski
Management Research News , Volume 30 (2): 16 – Jan 30, 2007
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Emerald Publishing
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Copyright © 2007 Emerald Group Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
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0140-9174
DOI
10.1108/01409170710722937
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Abstract

Purpose – This paper seeks to develop a model for the assignment of employees to workplaces. Assignment methods are of high relevance in practice because employees should be assigned to workplaces according to their competences and preferences to ensure that motivated employees carry out tasks effectively and efficiently. Design/methodology/approach – Two goal programming models are introduced with inputs and valuations using the analytic hierarchy process. Findings – The two goal programming models for the assignment of employees to workplaces, which take into account both employee competences and preferences as well as workplace competence requirements and attributes, seem to be effective in helping to arrive at an optimal assignment decision. Research limitations/implications – In practice, one major problem is that the input data for the goal programming models are not updated regularly. Thus, the documentation of the competence profiles and the preferences of the employees might be out of date or incomplete. Originality/value – The development of the two goal programming models which could be applied immediately in practical competence management is what makes the work valuable and addresses a gap in the modelling of personnel assignment methodologies.

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Management Research News – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jan 30, 2007

Keywords: Competences; Skills; Workplace; Employee attitudes; Analytical hierarchy process; Programming

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