Grey theory based MCDM procedure for sniper selection problem

Abstract

Purpose

Personnel selection is an important process in management due to the high cost of unfavorable employee procurement. The multi criteria nature and the presence of both qualitative and quantitative factors make it considerably more complex. The purpose of this paper is to propose a grey theory‐based hybrid approach to solve personnel selection problems in uncertain environments.

Design/methodology/approach

The work procedure is as follows: first, grey analytic network process (GANP) is applied to calculate selection criteria weights and then candidates are ranked by using grey possibility degrees. Finally, an example of a selection problem of sniper for a military unit was used to illustrate the proposed approach.

Findings

The analyses of the results show that grey theory‐based methods have enormous chance of success for personnel selection problems in uncertain situations.

Originality/value

Although there are some applications for personnel selection problems that used grey system theory in the literature, the combination of GANP and grey possibility degrees is used for personnel selection problem in this study.

Citation

Kose, E., Kabak, M. and Aplak, H. (2013), "Grey theory based MCDM procedure for sniper selection problem", Grey Systems: Theory and Application, Vol. 3 No. 1, pp. 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1108/20439371311293688