A Systematic Approach to the Management of Military Human Resources through the ELECTRE-MOr Multicriteria Method
, Adilson Vilarinho Terra 2, Miguel Ângelo Lellis Moreira 1,2, Maria Teresa Pereira 3,4, Luiz Paulo Lopes Fávero 5, Marcos dos Santos 1,6 and Carlos Francisco Simões Gomes 2Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The article is well structured in six parts. The main applications of MCDM in personnel selection are reviewed, as well as the background of the ELECTRE-MOr method. On this basis, the criteria and sub-criteria for personnel evaluation are justified and presented, as well as the steps of the methodology (Figure 10).
The research combines qualitative and quantitative approaches and successfully combines case studies and mathematical modeling.
The results are presented in the concluding part of the article.
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Reviewer 2 Report
This paper considered the problem of personnel selection/personnel assessment and used a given method, i.e., the ELECTRE-MOr multicriteria method. Although the applicability of this research can be beneficial, the novelty in terms of theory and application is narrow. Also, neither the paper has been well structured well, nor hs well written. I am sorry to say that it can be improved enough, even though with a major revision. Some of my main reasons are as follows:
1- The term "...systematic approach.." in the title carries great meaning, but why should using an MCDM method be considered a systematic approach?
2- The paper is unnecessarily long, with too many unrelated definitions, especially in section 1 and section 3 (interested readers can refer to cited works to explore the details of the methods since they are borrowed from them).
3- In section 4, what is/are the reference of the considered criteria in personnel selection? Authors have just put them in this section, while a major missing part of this study can be a well-structured method to eliminate them from literature or experts' opinions.
4- It is expected to see a comprehensive section for managerial insight/general applicability of the proposed method by the end of the case study section.
5- The writing and structure of the paper are hesitant, for instance in sections 1 and 2, too many short paragraphs are seen. It is hard to find the intention of these many paragraphs, I think viable paragraphs should be 3 to 5 lines and contain a clear structure (opening sentence to raise the idea, supporting and justifying the idea, and concluding/ending the paragraph).
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Reviewer 3 Report
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Round 2
Reviewer 2 Report
The authors addressed partially my comments, however as I guess others accepeted, I will accept, too.
