INFLUENTIAL ANALYSIS, PRIORITIZATION AND MAPPING OF STRATEGIC GOALS WITH FUZZY DEMATEL: AN EMPIRICAL CASE STUDY IN A TURKISH UNIVERSITY

Authors

  • Ozer Uygun Department of Industrial Engineering, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey
  • Halil Ibrahim Demir Department of Industrial Engineering, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey
  • Enes Furkan Erkan Department of Industrial Engineering, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20319/Mijst.2016.s21.3958

Keywords:

Cause-Effect Analysis, Strategy Mapping, Fuzzy DEMATEL, CFCS

Abstract

The universities are forced to seek ways to evaluate strategic goals and improve operational performance to obtain a competitive advantage. This is required for attracting more qualified students and reaching higher quality standards. Thus, an efficient decision-making approach should be followed in order to examine the strategic goals of a university. Developing a strategy map along this line would be a useful tool which is a diagram that can be used to illustrate the cause and effect relationship of the primary strategic goals being pursued by an organization. The aim of the study is to evaluate the strategic goals of a university in Turkey to figure out the influential relationship among the goals, prioritize them and finally classify the strategic goals into cause and effect groups. For this purpose, the fuzzy DEMATEL approach was implemented and the interrelationships among the strategic goals were illustrated on a strategy map. 

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2016-01-01

How to Cite

Uygun, O., Demir, H. I., & Erkan, E. F. (2016). INFLUENTIAL ANALYSIS, PRIORITIZATION AND MAPPING OF STRATEGIC GOALS WITH FUZZY DEMATEL: AN EMPIRICAL CASE STUDY IN A TURKISH UNIVERSITY. MATTER: International Journal of Science and Technology, 2(1), 39–58. https://doi.org/10.20319/Mijst.2016.s21.3958