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Evaluating Project Managers by an Interval Decision-Making Method Based on a New Project Manager Competency Model

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Selecting the competent project manager is one of the key factors for project success. This paper focuses on two main objectives: (1) presenting a project manager competency model in three dimensions of knowledge, performance and behavioral competency criteria and (2) proposing a proper interval decision-making method for evaluating project managers and selecting the competent project manager based on the presented competency model. The proposed evaluation method utilizes a goal programming technique to calculate interval weights of criteria and uses TOPSIS technique with interval weights and judgment data to rank candidate project managers and select the best of them.

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  1. Young Researchers and Elite Club, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran

    Hasan Sadeghi

  2. Department of Business Management, Faculty of Management and Economics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

    Morteza Mousakhani

  3. Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran

    Mehdi Yazdani

  4. Department of Project and Construction Management, Faculty of Arts, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

    Mehdi Delavari

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Sadeghi, H., Mousakhani, M., Yazdani, M. et al. Evaluating Project Managers by an Interval Decision-Making Method Based on a New Project Manager Competency Model. Arab J Sci Eng 39, 1417–1430 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-013-0631-0

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