Title: A novel approach for selecting green teams: the case of surgical teams

Authors: Ikram Khatrouch; Lyes Kermad; Abderrahman El Mhamedi; Younes Boujelbene

Addresses: IUT de Montreuil, University of Paris 8, 140 Rue de la Nouvelle, 93100, Montreuil, France ' IUT de Montreuil, University of Paris 8, 140 Rue de la Nouvelle, 93100, Montreuil, France ' IUT de Montreuil, University of Paris 8, 140 Rue de la Nouvelle, 93100, Montreuil, France ' Fsegs, University of Sfax, Route de l'Aéroport Km 4 Sfax 3018, Tunisie

Abstract: One of the important issues of human resources management in healthcare system is to select green teams aiming at improving environmental management practices. This paper proposes a new general model for green team selection integrating sustainability criteria. The aim is to use case-based reasoning (CBR) systems with analytic hierarchy process (AHP) in team selection process. We test the efficiency of the model using medical domains of different complexities and demonstrate how this approach can facilitate intelligent decision support by retrieving the best green team for each case that satisfies the most decision maker preferences.

Keywords: green teams; team selection; operating theatres; analytical hierarchy process; AHP; case-based reasoning; CBR; surgical teams; human resources management; HRM; healthcare systems; environmental management; sustainability; sustainable development; intelligent DSS; decision support systems.

DOI: 10.1504/IER.2014.065019

Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 2014 Vol.15 No.4, pp.193 - 202

Received: 19 Jun 2013
Accepted: 15 Mar 2014
Published online: 30 Sep 2014 *

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