Using nonadditive fuzzy integral to assess performances of organizational transformation via communities of practice

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 327-339

  Chu, Mei Tai ^a,b   Shyu, Joseph Z ^a   Tzeng, Gwo Hshiung ^a,c   Khosla, Rajiv ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KAINAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process (AHP); Communities of practice (CoPs); Core competency; Fuzzy integral; Knowledge management (KM); Multiple criteria decision making (MCDM); Organizational transformation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; DECISION MAKING; FUZZY LOGIC; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE; FUZZY INTEGRAL; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; ORGANIZATIONAL TRANSFORMATION;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 34247853478     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2007.893987     Document Type: Article

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