Identifying and prioritizing the components of strategic foresight capabilities, crisis management and human resource agility in the blood transfusion organization using Delphi method and AHP

Subject Areas : Futurology

Mostafa Aghahosseini Eshkavandi ^{1 *} , Hossein Rezaie Dolatabadi ^{2 *} , Sayed Akbar Nilipour Tabatabai ^{3 *}

1 - دانشجوی دکتری مدیریت منابع انسانی پژوهشگاه شاخص پژوه و معاون مدیر کل انتقال خون استان اصفهان، (نویسنده مسئول)
2 - دکترای مدیریت بازرگانی عضوهیئت علمی گروه مدیریت دانشگاه اصفهان واستاد همکار در پژوهشگاه شاخص پژوه، اصفهان، ایران
3 - دکترای مدیریت منابع انسانی، عضوهیئت علمی پژوهشگاه شاخص پژوه دانشگاه اصفهان، ایران

Received: 2014-08-31 Accepted : 2014-12-26 Published : 2015-04-21

Keywords: Foresight, strategic foresight capabiliti, Crisis management, human resource agility Delphi, AHP method,

Abstract :

Today, the term "strategic foresight" is widely used to describe the activities and processes that help decision-makers to guide the companies' future action plan. This study was undertaken to identify and prioritize the Components of strategic foresight capabilities, crisis management and human resource agility in the blood transfusion organization using Delphi and AHP techniques during 1393.The study population consists of the managers, officials and experts in Isfahan Blood Transfusion Center and 3 accident-prone provinces with at least 10 years of experience which includes 160 people. The study utilized Delphi Technique to identify the components of strategic foresight capabilities, crisis management and human resource agility in Isfahan Blood Transfusion Center and AHP method to prioritize these components. Based on the obtained results from the Delphi method 5 components for strategic foresight capabilities, 5 components for HR Agility and 6 components for crisis management were identified that each of which has also the components which are prioritized and weighted using AHP method.