from PART II - Application of the AHP in Solving Economic, Organizational and Management Problems 77
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2018
Key words: AHP, industry, key factors of success
Abstract
The present paper is designed to analyze the applicability of the AHP method in the process of identifying the key factors of success which are determinative of directing the choice and implementation of new technological solutions. The introductory thesis maintains that the AHP method allows achieving a higher accuracy of indicating the key factors of success than it might be possible by direct reliance on the opinion of experts. The enterprises of traditional branches were the mayor niveaus of the study made in the paper.
INTRODUCTION
The AHP method is one of the recent proposals made in the niveau of research that deals with the organization and management. The method has attracted the interest of Polish specialists in the recent years (Ormanty, 2002). Despite the fact that the method is still relatively little known in our country it, on the other hand, to be particularly interesting due to the dimension of its practical implementation. In view of this fact the present paper is designed to analyses the applicability of the AHP method in the process of identifying the key factors of success which are determinative of directing the choice and implementation of the new technological solutions. It is at this point that we may assume an introductory thesis of our discussion. This thesis maintains that the AHP method allows achieving a higher accuracy of indicating the key factors of success than it might be possible by direct reliance on the opinion of experts.
THE KEY FACTORS OF SUCCESS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE CHOICE OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS KEY FACTORS OF SUCCESS
“The key areas of the enterprise effectiveness” is the notion that constitutes the starting point to the process of giving terminological explanations in this part of the paper (Baran, 2003). The “key areas” involve all these elements, as well as the processes linked therewith inside the system, which (in case of innovative solutions are likely to be introduced) have the potentially largest impact on the growth of the effectiveness of the whole (Porter, 1994). The tools that are designed to measure them are the aforementioned key factors of success.
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