EMPLOYEE EVALUATION IN THE CONTEXT OF A NEW EVALUATION METHOD

Abstract

The following paper discusses the problem of employee evaluation. It aims to present the modern methods of evaluation in the context of the new alternative method developed by Wiktor Adamus, which is based on a hierarchical analysis of decision-making problems (Analytic Hierarchy Process). The first section of the article provides a synthetic presentation of selected, modern methods of employee evaluation, indicating their advantages and disadvantages in practical use in organizations. The second part is a description of the multi-criteria research method and the possibilities of its application. The third part presents the results of the study conducted in the IT company. In the study, a multi-criteria method was used to evaluate employees, who included process engineers from two teams: a team responsible for production process planning and a team supervising the production launch. The evaluation was based on a hierarchical model composed of three levels. The first level included the assessment criteria selected to suit the nature of work of particular teams. The second level of subcriteria included the 6-level assessment scale from 'very low' to 'very high'. The final level of the model comprised alternatives, i.e. the number of employees being evaluated. The conclusion was that the new method of employee evaluation is better than the previous methods since it enables the selection of evaluation criteria which are adequate for a particular job. This method allows for an easy and clear compilation of results regardless of the size and type of the company, and thus the number of workers subject to the assessment process.