Multicriteria Assessment of the Academic Research Activity

• Authors: Kuchta Dorota , Ryńca Radosław , Ziaeian Yasmin , Grudziński Adam
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper a network DEA approach to deal with efficiency assessment will be presented and applied to the assessment of performance of members of an academic faculty of Wroclaw University of Science and Technology. The purpose of this study is to propose a solution to the problem of multicriteria assessment of faculty members at universities, discussing at the same time its advantages and disadvantages in the context of the higher educational system in Poland.

Keywords

EN

Data Envelopment Analysis; Efficiency; Performance; Research assessment

PL

Metoda DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis); Ocena badań; Sprawność; Wyniki

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach
• Journal: Multiple Criteria Decision Making
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 12
• Pages: 103-118

Contributors

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Kuchta Dorota

• Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Faculty of Computer Science and Management. Wrocław, Poland

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Ryńca Radosław

• Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Faculty of Computer Science and Management. Wrocław, Poland

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Ziaeian Yasmin

• Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Faculty of Computer Science and Management. Wrocław, Poland

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Grudziński Adam

• Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Faculty of Computer Science and Management. Wrocław, Poland

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Identifiers

ISSN

2084-1531