Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/98403 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
IWQW Discussion Papers No. 06/2014
Publisher: 
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institut für Wirtschaftspolitik und Quantitative Wirtschaftsforschung (IWQW), Nürnberg
Abstract: 
We will present a theoretical model for an integrated planning of Eucharistic masses and Liturgies of the Word assuming different priests, assistant priests and lay persons. This all-integer vector optimization problem can be seen as an economic, spacial and inter-temporal resource allocation problem taking the challenges in the context of parish clusters into account. Having provided some theoretical insights into the mass planning problem, numerical results show the relevance of our model for an efficient decision-making in religious practice. We demonstrate that innovative team work arrangements in the church can substantially improve the efficiency, fairness and acceptance of mass allocations.
Subjects: 
Allocation
Resources
Church
Job Design and Cooperation
Labor and Personnel Management
Normative Criteria
Optimization Models
JEL: 
C61
D63
L31
M54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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