Title
Strategic Assessment Model (SAM): A Multiple Criteria Decision Support System for Evaluation of Strategic Alternatives
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1995
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5915.1995.tb00840.x
Abstract
The evaluation of strategic alternatives is a particularly difficult task. This difficulty is due to the complexities inherent in the evaluation process and the lack of structured information. The evaluation process must consider a multitude of relevant information from both the internal and external environments of the organization. Various analytical and normative models have helped decision makers utilize large volumes of information in strategic evaluation; however, most of these models have some limitations. We present a multiple criteria decision support system, called strategic assessment model (SAM), that addresses some of the limitations inherent in the existing models. SAM captures the decision maker's beliefs through a series of sequential, rational, and analytical processes. The environmental forces—decomposed into internal, task, general opportunities, and threats—are used along with the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), subjective probabilities, the entropy concept, and utility theory to enhance the decision maker's intuition in evaluating a set of strategic alternatives.
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Tavana, Madjid and Banerjee, Snehamay, "Strategic Assessment Model (SAM): A Multiple Criteria Decision Support System for Evaluation of Strategic Alternatives" (1995). Business Systems and Analytics Faculty Work. 321.
https://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/bsa_faculty/321
Comments
Tavana, M. and Banerjee, S. (1995) ‘Strategic Assessment Model (SAM): A Multiple Criteria Decision Support System for Evaluation of Strategic Alternatives,’ Decision Sciences, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 119-143.