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Selection Of Hr E-Recruitment Solution, Saisanjay Talari Apr 2019

Selection Of Hr E-Recruitment Solution, Saisanjay Talari

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

This paper mainly discusses the decision making process of Recruitment Software Selection for mid-sized organizations while comparing and contrasting some heuristics and biases that are encountered during the decision making process. Based on the current IT landscape in the organization, four recruitment solutions have been shortlisted and a decision has to be made to recommend one software solution to the management team. HDM tool has been identified to evaluate the solutions with the help of experts who are ERP (Enterprise resource planning) Consultants with more than 8 years of industry experience. Also feedback has been collected from the HR Users …


A Hierarchal Decision Model To Determine The Most Promising Tier-2 Space Agency, Smarajit Chakraborty Apr 2018

A Hierarchal Decision Model To Determine The Most Promising Tier-2 Space Agency, Smarajit Chakraborty

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

When it comes to space exploration programs NASA, ISRO, SpaceX, CNSA, JAXA and ESA has made remarkable achievements in the past and is keep making more and more success. The study, on completion, seeks to guide the decision problem of “which space agency has the best future in space exploration?”.

This study will seek to find which space agency has the best future prospect in terms of various perspectives. To find a solution to the stated problem, initially available literature was studied and the probable solutions for the decision problem was enlisted. Data Records from the organization websites were studied …


Choosing The Most Suitable Ar-Enabled Wearable For Industrial Use, Roland Richards Apr 2018

Choosing The Most Suitable Ar-Enabled Wearable For Industrial Use, Roland Richards

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

This study seeks to provide guidance in choosing the most suitable augmented reality enabled industrial wearable for use in the high-tech production and support environment. New development breakthroughs are coming to light every month in the world of VR (virtual reality), AR (augmented reality), and MR (mixed reality). The research data provided can be used to assist fab production and support personnel choose the AR-enabled wearable headsets. Many factors and agents are responsible for bringing cutting edge technology into use. Multiple criteria decision modeling was used to assist in the selection process for hardware for an augmented reality pilot and …


How Managers Can Create A Fair Compensation Procedure In The Engineering Sector, Jose Banos Sanchez Apr 2018

How Managers Can Create A Fair Compensation Procedure In The Engineering Sector, Jose Banos Sanchez

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

This research has analyzed the feedback from managers and technicians in high tech companies when doing the individual evaluation of performance using a dualperspective approach. The research has established a list of categories and subcategories that all managers should include in a fair performance evaluation according to the feedback from different experts, avoiding potential bias described in Messick & Bazerman, (1996) and clearly known in advance by all the employees who will be evaluated. Finally, the paper concludes with an analysis of the potential impact and contribution to the employee’s satisfaction of alternatives methods of rewarding (using four options, money, …


Enterprise Marketing Automation Software Selection, Anju Babu Apr 2018

Enterprise Marketing Automation Software Selection, Anju Babu

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

Enterprises devote a large amount of time and effort in selecting software products that are critical to their competitive advantage, and one such software is the marketing automation software. The paper discusses in detail the different criteria and methodology for selecting one marketing automation software product among the leading products available in the market.

The selection process was identified as a multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) problem and the methodology used for analysis was Hierarchical Decision Model (HDM), a variation of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). Nine experts with different backgrounds in terms of job functions, functional experience, and geographies, who had expertise …


Choosing The Best Software For Spec Review: An Analytic Hierarchy Process Approach, Bob Greenlee Apr 2018

Choosing The Best Software For Spec Review: An Analytic Hierarchy Process Approach, Bob Greenlee

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

Every manufacturing company is faced with the problem of accurately converting customer requirements into products and deliverables, including a thorough review of customer specifications. Software can help facilitate this tedious and time consuming process, but choosing or designing the best solution is difficult due to conflicting and poorly prioritized criteria.

This paper illustrates the use of an analytic hierarchy process, specifically the hierarchical decision model (HDM) tool developed at Portland State University, to select the best software solution for facilitating customer spec review. In addition to resolving the primary question of which software to use, it shows how the HDM …