Selecting new lecturers using the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP)

In the educational system, lecturers play important role in producing marketable graduates. This can be achieved by employing potentially competent lecturers. The process of selecting new lecturers in a public university in Malaysia involves three phases: academic qualification consideration, mock teaching and face-to-face interview. The eligible candidates will be shortlisted after performing the mock teaching session. Then, the shortlisted candidates will be called for the face-to-face interview. In this paper, we developed lecturer´s selection model using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), which uses both qualitative and quantitative decision making approaches. This model will consider all scores from the three phases in order to rank the candidates. The developed model contains 5 levels of hierarchy, starting with the goal (new lecturer), 3 types of interview, 13 criteria of the interview, 8 sub-criteria, and finally the candidates. The computation is done using Excel Spreadsheet.