MULTICRITERIA SELECTION OF PROJECT MANAGERS BY APPLYING GREY CRITERIA.

There is a number of criteria and associated sub-criteria influencing the match of managers to construction projects. Criteria and sub-criteria were identified based on a thorough review of the related literature and interviews of management personnel involved in the project managers selection. Project managers characteristics are considered to be less important for an effective project management. The model is based on multicriteria evaluation of project managers. The evaluation embraces the identified criteria influencing the process of construction project manager selection. This paper considers the application of grey relations methodology to defining the utility of alternatives, and offers a multiple criteria method of COmplex PRoportional ASsessment of alternatives with grey relations (COPRAS-G) for analysis. In this model, the parameters of the alternatives are determined by the grey relational grade and expressed in terms of intervals. A case study presents the selection of construction project manager. The results obtained show that this method may be used as an effective decision aid in multicriteria selection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]