TY - JOUR
T1 - An incentive pay system for project management based on responsibility assignment matrix and fuzzy linguistic variables
AU - Yang, Taho
AU - Chen, Chiu Wen
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the anonymous company for providing the case study. This work was supported, in part, by the National Science Council of Taiwan, Republic of China, under Grant NSC-95-2221-E-006-349-MY3.
PY - 2009/12
Y1 - 2009/12
N2 - Project management is a discipline that is receiving continuous attention. Managing people effectively has significant impact on the outcome of a project. An effective incentive system helps the organization achieve its goals while meeting the personal needs of participants. The present study proposes a novel incentive pay system for project management based on responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) and fuzzy linguistic variables. It adopts the structure of RAM to model each team member's responsibility and performance, which are then evaluated by fuzzy linguistic variables. Four models are proposed for variant project management circumstances. When tested in a realistic application, the resultant feedback was supportive, with it beings perceived to be more fair and timely when compared to a conventional incentive pay system. Its implementation is efficient; and its results are effective.
AB - Project management is a discipline that is receiving continuous attention. Managing people effectively has significant impact on the outcome of a project. An effective incentive system helps the organization achieve its goals while meeting the personal needs of participants. The present study proposes a novel incentive pay system for project management based on responsibility assignment matrix (RAM) and fuzzy linguistic variables. It adopts the structure of RAM to model each team member's responsibility and performance, which are then evaluated by fuzzy linguistic variables. Four models are proposed for variant project management circumstances. When tested in a realistic application, the resultant feedback was supportive, with it beings perceived to be more fair and timely when compared to a conventional incentive pay system. Its implementation is efficient; and its results are effective.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.05.067
DO - 10.1016/j.eswa.2009.05.067
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:69249202367
SN - 0957-4174
VL - 36
SP - 12585
EP - 12591
JO - Expert Systems With Applications
JF - Expert Systems With Applications
IS - 10
ER -