Sustainable Balance Score Card for Assessment of Management Systems with Focus on DEMATEL-FANP Approach (A Case Study of Gas Companies in Fars)

Subject Areas : Business Management

Morteza  Shafiee ¹ (1Associate Professor of Industrial Management, Economics and Management Faculty, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran)
Mansour  Momeni ² (Associate Professor of Industrial Management, Management Faculty, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran)
Maryam  Kochakzadeh Dezfoli ³ (Department of Industrial Management, Economics and Management Faculty, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz)

Received: 2016-08-15 Accepted : 2017-06-14 Published : 2018-05-22

Keywords: Management Systems, Performance Assessment, Sustainability Balance Score Card,

Abstract :

Management systems assessment is one of the fundamental issues that has recently been of concern for decision makers particularly for managers. Utilizing the Sustainable Development Approach, the present study introduces a new model of Sustainability Balance Score Card (SBSC) plus Multi Attribute Decision Making to assess the management system operations in energy consumption in gas companies in Fars. The study integrated the concept of Sustainable Development to the parallel Balance Score Card in order find out the structural network of relations using DEMATEL approach and finally prioritize management system selection employing a FAHP analysis. The results of DEMATEL approach showed that various aspects of Sustainability and Internal Processes were of higher priority compared to Stockholders’ Training and Growth. The results of FAHP analysis indicated that among all attributes under scrutiny, four sets of SBSC were of paramount importance: Average Workforce Training (Training and Growth facet), Customer Satisfaction (Stockholders facet), Responsibility Retention (Social branch of Sustainability facet), Productivity (Economical branch of Sustainability facet), Employee Safety and Health (Environmental branch of Sustainability facet) and Energy Consumption (internal processes facet). Research findings also indicated that Energy Management System (50001) was of higher priority compared to other systems.

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