The Application of Fuzzy TOPSIS Approach to Personnel Selection for Padir Company, Iran

Abstract

Due to the increasing competition of globalization and fast technological improvements, world markets demand companies to have quality and professional human resources. This can only be achieved by employing potentially adequate personnel. This research adopts the fuzzy TOPSIS as the analytical tool that determines the weights of each criterion. Fuzzy theory provides a proper tool to encounter with uncertainties and complex environment. The purpose of this paper is to use the fuzzy TOPSIS method based on fuzzy sets in solving personnel selection problem. The result obtained by Fuzzy TOPSIS show that the second person (P₂) is the best person that should be employed.