Identifying and Ranking the Effective Factors on Staff Improvement (Case Study: Khaje Nasir Din Tusi University of Technology)

This paper was an applied guide in identifying and ranking staff improvement indices which aimed to identify indices using parametric statistics methods and rank the indices by AHP technique. In this paper, the author identified and developed the staff empowerment indices, initial criteria and subcriteria of their ranking first through the related documentation and then by a survey of experts and designed the hierarchical structure. Finally, the employees' empowerment assessment indices were ranked according to the determined criteria using the designed questionnaire and the EXPERT CHOICE. The study aimed to identify and rank the effective factors on the staff empowerment in Khaje Nasir Din Tusi University of Technology in Tehran. For this purpose, 216 employees of Khaje Nasir Din Tusi University of Technology in Tehran was selected by simple random sampling method out of 493 people and responded to the researchermade questionnaire whose validity was confirmed by the supervisors and counselors and its reliability was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha 98% (Delavar, 2016). In the end, the results of this questionnaire were analyzed using one-sample t-test and the results showed that all the empowerment indices were effective in performing the staff assigned tasks. The results also showed that the education index was of the highest priority and was preferred more than technology and expertise sub-indices.