A decision-based approach for measuring human behavioral resistance to organizational change in strategic planning

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 48, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 1765-1774

  Milani, A S ^a   Shanian, A ^b   El Lahham, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Rolls Royce   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Entropy weights; Multiple attribute decision making (MADM); Organizational behavior; Strategic planning; TOPSIS method

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTS; AVIONICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DECISION PARAMETERS; ENTROPY WEIGHTING; ENTROPY WEIGHTS; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; FINAL DECISIONS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTE DECISION MAKING (MADM); MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTES; MULTIPLE CRITERIA OPTIMIZATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES; RESISTANCE FACTORS; SERVICE COMPANIES; STRATEGIC DECISIONS; TOPSIS METHOD;

PLANNING;

EID: 55249109358     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcm.2008.06.018     Document Type: Article

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