Multicriteria Approach to Environmental Decision-Making in a Company - a Path Goal Programming Application

• Authors: Dorota Kuchta , Justyna Urbańska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In the paper we propose a practical application of the path goal programming approach, by which we understand a goal programming approach with goals being not numbers, but paths in networks. This method, with goal paths corresponding to desired schedules of environmental investment implementation, is used for the environmental decision-making in a selected company. The company has to introduce some investments aimed at natural resources reduction. However, not all the required investments can be realized in one budgeting period, because of budget constraints. The desired compromise schedule of investment realization has to be worked out. This schedule becomes the goal. The path goal programming method helps to reduce the undesired deviations from the goal schedule.

Keywords

EN

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); Decision making; Environmental management; Environmental protection; Multicriteria analysis

PL

Analiza wielokryterialna; Ochrona środowiska; Podejmowanie decyzji; Społeczna odpowiedzialność biznesu; Zarządzanie środowiskiem

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach
• Journal: Multiple Criteria Decision Making
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 8
• Pages: 101-113

Contributors

author

Dorota Kuchta

author

Justyna Urbańska

References

• Bilbao-Terol A., Arenas-Parra M., Cañal-Femández V. (2012), A Fuzzy Multi-objective Approach for Sustainable Investments, Expert Systems with Applications, 39(12), p. 10904-10915.
• Chang Ch.-T., Chen H.-M., Zhuang Z.-Y. (2012), Revised Multi-segment Goal Programming: Percentage Goal Programming, Computers & Industrial Engineering, 63(4), p. 1235-1242.
• Czaja S. (2007), Prawo środowiskowe dla ekonomistów, Wydawnictwo Akademii Ekonomicznej im. Oskara Langego, Wrocław.
• Daub C.-H., Ergenzinger R. (2005), Enabling Sustainable Management through a New Multi-disciplinary Concept of Customer Satisfaction, European Journal of Marketing, 39( 9/10), p. 998-1012.
• Doukas H. Ch., Botsikas M.A., Psarras J.E. (2007), Multi-criteria Decision Aid for the Formulation of Sustainable Technological Energy' Priorities Using Linguistic Variables, European Journal of Operational Research, 182(2), p. 844-855.
• Ghahtarani A., Najafi A.A. (2013), Robust Goal Programming for Multi-objective Portfolio Selection Problem, Economic Modelling, 33, p. 588-592.
• Graczyk A. (2008), Zarządzanie środowiskowe w przedsiębiorstwie, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego, Wrocław.
• http://sustainability.about.eom/od/Sustainability/a/What-Is-Sustainability.htm (access 2.09.2013).
• Khalili-Damghani K., Sadi-Nezhad S., Lotfi F.H., Tavana M., (2013), A Hybrid Fuzzy Rule-based Multi-criteria Framework for Sustainable Project Portfolio Selection, Information Sciences, 220, p. 442-462.
• Kuchta D., Urbańska J. (2012), Dynamic Goal Programming Approach and Its Application to Environmental Decisions in Organizations, in: Information Systems Architecture and Technology: System Analysis Approach to the Design, Control and Decision Support, eds. Świątek et al., Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki Wrocławskiej, Wrocław, p. 45-55.
• Macharis C., Turcksin L., Lebeau K. (2012), Multi Actor Multi Criteria Analysis (MAMCA) as a Tool to Support Sustainable Decisions: State of Use, Decision Support Systems, 54(1), p. 610-620.
• Merad M., Dechy N., Serir L., Grabisch M., Frédéric M. (2013), Using a Multi-criteria Decision Aid Methodology to Implement Sustainable Development Principles within an Organization, European Journal of Operational Research, 224(3), p. 603-613.
• Nahotko S. (2002), Podstawy ekologicznego zarządzania przedsiębiorstwem, Biblioteka Menedżera i Służby Pracowniczej, Bydgoszcz.
• Nha V. Th., Shin S., Jeong S.H., (2013), Lexicographical Dynamic Goal Programming Approach to a Robust Design Optimization within the Pharmaceutical Environment, European Journal of Operational Research, 229(2), p. 505-517.
• Mary O'Brien (2000), Making Better Environmental Decisions: An Alternative to Risk Assessment, Environmental Research Foundation.
• Papuziński A. (2006), Świadomość ekologiczna w świetle teorii i praktyki (Zarys politologicznego modelu świadomości ekologicznej), Problemy ekorozwoju, 1(1), p. 33-40.
• Vedfelt O. (2001), Poziomy świadomości. Poznaj potencjał swojego umysłu, ENETEIA - Wydawnictwo Psychologii i Kultury, Warszawa.

Identifiers

ISSN

2084-1531