Hybrid SWOT Approach for Strategic Planning and Formulation in China Worldwide Express Mail Service

Wang, X.P.; Zhang, Jun; Yang, Ting

doi:10.1016/s1665-6423(14)72339-9

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“…A combined SWOT and AHP method is used by many authors. Wang et al (2014) used the combined model for the purpose of the analysis of influential factors on the business and defining the appropriate business strategies in China Worldwide Express Mail Service. Dobrodolac et al (2016) analysed how the universal postal service providers could improve their competitiveness.…”

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confidence: 99%

A Model for Business Performance Improvement: A Case of the Postal Company

Lazarević

Dobrodolac

Švadlenka

et al. 2020

Journal of Business Economics and Management

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The aim of this paper is to propose a management model which would assess the state of the business and indicate the improvement points, as well as to demonstrate the applicability of the model in a case of the postal company. An A’BA model is proposed which represents a combined application of Analytic Hierarchy Process – AHP method as a multi-criteria decision making tool and theory of business areas. The research consists of two parts. To define the most important influencing factor on business performance, the experts are interviewed. A new concept is proposed and applied in the process of aggregating experts’ assessments based on their mapping in a plane. This creates the appropriate surface, and the position of its centroid in relation to the Saaty’s scale defines the final score of pairwise comparison - an indicator of the relationship between two elements that are compared. In the second part, additional experts from the determined area are involved to define an approach for detailed analysis of the most important factor. In this case, the approach included a survey of employees based on the specialized questionnaire. The guidelines for business performance improvement are obtained.The aim of this paper is to propose a management model which would assess the state of the business and indicate the improvement points, as well as to demonstrate the applicability of the model in a case of the postal company. An A’BA model is proposed which represents a combined application of Analytic Hierarchy Process – AHP method as a multi-criteria decision making tool and theory of business areas. The research consists of two parts. To define the most important influencing factor on business performance, the experts are interviewed. A new concept is proposed and applied in the process of aggregating experts’ assessments based on their mapping in a plane. This creates the appropriate surface, and the position of its centroid in relation to the Saaty’s scale defines the final score of pairwise comparison - an indicator of the relationship between two elements that are compared. In the second part, additional experts from the determined area are involved to define an approach for detailed analysis of the most important factor. In this case, the approach included a survey of employees based on the specialized questionnaire. The guidelines for business performance improvement are obtained.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Model for Business Performance Improvement: A Case of the Postal Company

Lazarević

Dobrodolac

Švadlenka

et al. 2020

Journal of Business Economics and Management

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“…When acceptability is a tradeoff, it requires a systematic evaluation, and tools such as an acceptability index or matrix, or strategic tools, e.g. a hybrid SWOT analysis model (Wang, 2014).…”

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Acceptability Engineering: the Study of user Acceptance of Innovative Technologies

Kim¹

2015

Journal of Applied Research and Technology

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The discipline of human-computer interaction (HCI) has been vital in developing understandings of users, usability, and the design of usercentered computer systems. However, it does not provide a satisfactory explanation of user perspectives on the specialized but important domain of innovative technologies, instead focusing more on mature technologies. In particular, the success of innovative technologies requires attention to be focused on early adopters of the technology and enthusiasts, rather than general end-users. Therefore, user acceptance should be considered more important than usability and convenience. At present, little is known about the ways in which innovative technologies are evaluated from the point of view of user acceptance. In this paper, we propose Acceptability Engineering as an academic discipline through which theories and methods for the design of acceptable innovative technologies can be discussed. All Rights Reserved

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“…Table 1 shows the comparison between the design and the actual discharge. (Helms & Nixon, 2010); (Ekmekcioglu, et al, 2011); (Srdjevic, et al, 2012); (Wang, et al, 2014); (Martínez & Piña, 2015); (Michailidis, et al, 2015); (Budi, et al, 2016); (Jasiulewicz-Kaczmarek, 2016)). In the SWOT analysis, it is important to determine the purpose of the research.…”

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Strategic Sustainable Management for Water Transmission System: A SWOT-QSPM Analysis

Sumiarsih¹,

Legono²,

Kodoatie³

2018

Journal of the Civil Engineering Forum

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In general, the problem of a water resources infrastructure, especially the raw water transmission system, is that the actual discharge is not in accordance with design discharge because of water losses along the transmission system.To restore the capacity to the design discharge, a comprehensive strategy is required. Various strategy methods have been developed especially the strategy of managing a system. This paper discusses how to analyze the comprehensive strategy with system component approach for water transmission system. The research used Klambu-Kudu Water Transmission System in Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia as a case study. Strategy analysis of Klambu-Kudu Water Transmission System utilized the modified Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, and Threats (SWOT) with Likert scale and Quantitative Strategic Planning Matrix (QSPM) method. SWOT analysis is was carried out to obtain a comprehensive strategy on each component of the water transmission system (intake, mud pouch, siphon, gutter, bridge, culvert, regulator doors, suppletion, drain pipe, and / or excavation), while the QSPM method is required to analyze the strategic priorities of component of Klambu Kudu Water Transmission System. Key factors of water transmission system performance were obtained from the discussion of experts, the management of Klambu Kudu Water Transmission System and the community. The results are a priority of strategies which are dominated by the opportunity factors to solve the problem of weakness (operation and maintenance, sedimentation, damage) and threats (water theft, destruction of buildings, flood) as well as maximizing the strengths (condition of the component, function, accessibility).

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Hybrid SWOT Approach for Strategic Planning and Formulation in China Worldwide Express Mail Service

Cited by 28 publications

References 13 publications

A Model for Business Performance Improvement: A Case of the Postal Company

A Model for Business Performance Improvement: A Case of the Postal Company

Acceptability Engineering: the Study of user Acceptance of Innovative Technologies

Strategic Sustainable Management for Water Transmission System: A SWOT-QSPM Analysis

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