Job selection case


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Job selection case

Contents

The Job selection case

The problem

Governmental Research Institute

Multinational consulting firm

A place as a decision analyst

Small IT firm

Atmosphere

Salary

Thinking task

Decision analytic problem structuring

Decision context is the setting in which the decision occurs

Example of a decision context

Generating objectives

Possible objectives with their descriptions

Identifying decision alternatives

The feasible decision alternatives

Hierarchical organisation of objectives

A preliminary objectives hierarchy with alternatives illustrated with Web-HIPRE

Checking the structure

The final objectives hierarchy for the job selection problem

Specifying attributes

Attributes associated with the objectives

Constructed attributes

Consequences of the alternatives

Job selection case

Preference elicitation - contents

Overview

Single attribute value function elicitation - contents

Single attribute value function elicitation in brief

Setting attributes’ ranges

Estimating value functions for the attributes

Assessing the form of value function

Web-HIPRE example

Value function for the “working hours” attribute

Bisection method

Bisection method

Example

Example (continued)

Value function for the “Expected salary in 3 years” attribute

Difference standard sequence

Difference standard sequence

Example

Example (continued)

A linear approximation of the value function for the “weekly working hours” attribute

Example (continued)

Value function for the “weekly working hours” attribute

Direct rating

Web-HIPRE example

Direct rating with Web-HIPRE

The category estimation method

Example

Values for the salary categories

Ratio estimation

Example

Example (continued)

Values for different levels of “business travel” attribute

Weight elicitation - contents

About weight elicitation

SMART

Web-HIPRE example

Weighting attributes under the “Compensation” objective

SWING

Web-HIPRE example

Weighting attributes under the ”Social” objective

SMARTER

Web-HIPRE example

Weighting attributes under the ”Professional” objective

AHP

AHP

Web-HIPRE example

Weighting attributes under the ”Compensation” objective

Job Selection Case

Results & Sensitivity Analysis - Contents

Used preference elicitation methods

Attributes, alternatives and corresponding value scores

Attributes‘ and objectives‘ weights

Recommended decision

Scores of the alternatives by the first level objectives

One-way sensitivity analysis

Changes in “working hours” attribute

Changes in “working hours” attribute

Changes in the weight of the “Compensation” objective

Changes in the weight of “Professional” objective

Changes in the weight of “Social” objective

Conclusion

Author: SAL eLearning Resources / MCDA team

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