2384. What's the Efficient Team Size Using DEA Approach
Contributed abstract in session MD-60: DEA methodological developments I, stream Data Envelopment Analysis and its applications.
Monday, 14:30-16:00Room: Western LT
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Helena Brozova
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| Dept. of Systems Engineering, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague | |
| 2. | Lucie Chytilová
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| Systems Engineering, VŠB-TU Ostrava, Economic faculty |
Abstract
Optimal SME team size depends not only on team goals and function but also on SMEs' efficiency. From the first perspective, it is crucial to know who a team member is. From the second perspective, SMEs' efficiency is essential. One broadly used method for efficiency analysis, mainly in the cases of natural, not financial, data, is Data Envelope Analysis (DEA). Therefore, this contribution aims to use a specific modification of the DEA model to estimate an efficient team size.
This modification is based on the DEA model for optimal allocation of certain dual-role factors. The modified model assumes that the input or output factors are constrained by lower and upper bounds determined by the quantities of these factors for all DMUs in the first step. The procedure for identifying efficient values of the selected factors for all units follows in repeated steps, adjusting the bounds of the desired size of selected factors (inputs or outputs). The process concludes when all DMUs are efficient or sufficiently efficient according to the context of decision-making.
In our contribution, we want to show how to find the (almost) efficient size team of analysed SMEs considering the minimum number of employees from the managerial point of view.
Keywords
- Data Envelopment Analysis
Status: accepted
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