Evaluating the Performance of University Professors Based on the Indicators of Promotion of Faculty Members using Data Coverage Analysis Technique

Abstract

Evaluating the performance of human resources is considered one of the main pillars of the preservation and survival of any organization. Universities, as organizations that have the goal of training specialized human resources in addition to producing science, need to evaluate the performance of their faculty members more than any other organization. The evaluation of the performance of the academic staff revealed their strengths and weaknesses and is considered a prelude to scientific development and achieving the goals of the university. Today, evaluating and improving the performance of professors in universities is one of the most important and key issues for the promotion and development of the level of research and science production. In this research, taking into consideration the evaluation dimensions of faculty members' promotion, which includes cultural, educational, research, and executive activities, each person's rank was determined using the DEA technique. By using the results of solving the data envelopment analysis model, the people who had the conditions to be promoted to a higher rank were identified, and suitable suggestions were made to improve the rank and finally to raise the rank of the faculty members.