Selection of Executives in Non-Governmental Organizations with an Integrated Approach

Abstract

Selection of Executives in Non-Governmental Organizations with an Integrated ApproachAbstract-The head executives in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are elected from among the board members. However, this election process is widely based on subjective criteria rather than objective criteria. If NGOs want to be successful, they should be led by competent administrators with good communication skills. The process by which the chief administrator is chosen involves many imprecise and conflicting criteria. Therefore, the determination of the chief administrator is seen as a multi-criteria decision-making problem.This study focuses on developing a hybrid model to determine the chief administrator of a non-governmental organization from among seven board members, combining three techniques: the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Technique For Order Performance By Similarity Tom Ideal Solution ( TOPSIS ) and VIseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (VIKOR). In this process, the seven board members of the NGO were evaluated by 41 regular members of the Organization according to 12 different criteria. In the proposed model, the criteria were determined according to the opinions of the NGO's officials and the related literature. The criteria weights were determined by AHP and the selection of the most appropriate member as the chief executive was carried out through TOPSIS and VIKOR methods separately. Finally, the results obtained with two separate methods were compared and evaluated.