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To agree or Not to Agree, That is the Question: Choice Aggregation in the Analytic Hierarchy Process

Author(s)
Sibs von Solms

Kirti Peniwati
PPM School of Management
Indonesia

Journal: The 6th International Symposium on the Analytic Hierarchy Process

Publisher: Creative Decisions Foundation

Abstract: This paper presents theoretical arguments for the importance of participative decision- making, lists several problems related to group decision-making and presents and discusses how the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) can address these problems. Particular attention is focussed on how the individual participants’ preferences can be accommodated in a group decision stressing that the normal emphasis on consensus may not always be the way to go. Investigating the geometric mean as an alternative in real-world decision situations is suggested. The application of AHP to decision- making in the synergistic group is accepted and the possibility of expanding the use of AHP into areas where substantial agreement, compatible values and objectives are unlikely is suggested.

Keywords: AHP, MCDM, Participative Management, Consensus, Geometric mean

URL: https://doi.org/10.13033/isahp.y2001.071