Students' Personal Life Goals Assessed Using Settings Weighting Method

Stanislav Dadelo
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Stanislav Dadelo: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania

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Abstract: The philosophy of decision-making in university study management is to assess and select the most preferable solution, implement it and gain the best results. Understanding of the multiple criteria method and knowledge of calculation algorithm of the method allow the decision maker to trust the solutions offered by solution support systems to a greater extent. It is the crucial task which directs any institution’s present and future. This paper presents a model for students' life goal assessment and ranking, which is based on expert evaluation. They are as follows: Business/Career/Studies, Finance/Wealth, Health/Fitness, Social/Friends, Family, Love, Recreation/Fun, Contribution, Personal growth, Spiritual, Self-image. Presented methodology opens the way for others methods used to calculate aggregate criteria values. The set of students’ life goals is determined by students' perceptions. This methodology can help University lecturer and managers to determine and localize problems of study process, to enhance students' motivation and versatility of decisions.

Keywords: university; management; support solution; multi-criteria decision-making (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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