The Analytic Hierarchy Process AHP and an Application: The Selection of a Library Director as a Leader

Year 2010, Volume: 24 Issue: 2, 206 - 234, 01.04.2010

Murat Yılmaz

Abstract

The librarians have to take various decisions to deal with the problems met in library and information centers. Before having made the decisions, the librarians should firstly define the problem with all details. If the librarians have clear information about the relevant problem, they can easily define and solve it. But the problems met by librarians in library and information centers sometimes may have a complex and an unclear structure. The librarians need a powerful method to deal with such a problem having a complex and an unclear structure. This method may be Analytic Hierarchy Process AHP . The main purpose of this study is to explain how to use the AHP. Furthermore, in this study it is also explained how to select a library director as a leader.

Keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process, AHP, library leader, leadership, library directo

Analitik Hiyerarşi Süreci AHS ve Bir Uygulama: Lider bir Kütüphane Müdürü Seçimi

Abstract

Kütüphane ve bilgi merkezlerinde karşılaşılan problemlerin üstesinden gelmek için kütüphaneciler, çeşitli kararlar almak zorundadır. Karar vermek için kütüphanecilerin öncelikle problemi tanımlaması gerekir. Kütüphanecilerin problemle ilgili net verilere sahip olmaları söz konusu problemin tanımlanmasını ve çözümünü kolaylaştırır. Fakat kütüphanecilerin kütüphane ve bilgi merkezlerinde karşılaştıkları sorunlara ilişkin veriler bazen karmaşık ve belirsiz bir yapıda olabilir. Kütüphanecilerin karmaşık ve belirsiz bir yapıya sahip bu tür problemlerin üstesinden gelmeleri için güçlü bir yöntemden yararlanması gerekir. Bu yöntem, Analitik Hiyerarşi Süreci AHS olabilir. Bu araştırmanın temel amacı, AHS yönteminden nasıl yararlanılacağını açıklamaktır. Araştırmamızda ayrıca AHS yöntemiyle lider bir kütüphane müdürünün nasıl seçileceği de açıklanmıştır.

Keywords

Analitik Hiyerarşi Süreci, AHS, kütüphane lideri, liderlik, kütüphane müdürü

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