Muhammad Farhan BASHEER, Muhammad IMRAN, Siti Norasyikin Abdul HAMID, Azelin AZIZ

PROJECT SELECTION FOR GROUP DECISION MAKING: A MULTIPLE PROJECT PERSPECTIVE FROM PAKISTAN

Decision making is one of the primary functions of management. Making strategic decisions are important toachieve organisational efficiency and effectiveness. In the selection of projects, it is necessary for organisations toprioritise their projects due to limited resources. Therefore, the selection of projects that bring value and substantial impacton the organisation is very important to ensure that they can compete in the dynamic external environment and meet thegoals and objectives. From the case study, the result suggests that the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method cancontribute significantly to the identification of sources that need further clarification of attributes and criteria and at thesame time it can provide a systematic analytical tool in making a group decision. This method allows the organisation toprioritize its projects based on certain criteria as it is a quantitative decision support tool. In conclusion, AHP is the bestand efficient method for decision makers to consider all facts, weigh the pluses and minuses, reach, reevaluate andcommunicate their decisions.

GRUP KARAR VERME PROJESİ SEÇİMİ: PAKİSTAN'DAN ÇOKLU BİR PROJE PERSPEKTİFİ

Karar verme, yönetimin temel işlevlerinden biridir. Stratejik kararlar vermek, organizasyonel etkinlik ve verimlilik elde etmek için önemlidir. Projelerin seçiminde, kuruluşların sınırlı kaynaklardan dolayı projelerini önceliklendirmesi gerekmektedir. Bu nedenle, organizasyona değer ve önemli etki yaratan projelerin seçimi, dinamik dış ortamlarda rekabet edebilmelerini ve amaç ve hedefleri karşılayabilmelerini sağlamak için çok önemlidir. Vaka çalışmasından elde edilen sonuç, Analitik Hiyerarşi Süreci (AHP) yönteminin, niteliklerin ve kriterlerin daha fazla açıklığa kavuşturulması gereken kaynakların tanımlanmasına önemli ölçüde katkıda bulunabileceğini ve aynı zamanda bir grup kararında sistematik bir analitik araç sağlayabileceğini göstermektedir. Bu yöntem, kurumun projelerini nicel bir karar destek aracı olduğu için belirli kriterlere göre önceliklendirmesine izin verir. Sonuç olarak, AHP’nin, karar vericilerin tüm gerçekleri dikkate almalarnıı, artıları ve eksileri değerlendirmelerini, ulaşmalarını, yeniden değerlendirmelerini ve kararlarını iletmelerini sağlayan en iyi ve etkili yöntem olduğu söylenebilmektedir.

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