TITLE:
An Evaluation of the Engine-Room Resources Based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process Approach
AUTHORS:
Ji An, Yun Liu, Dongdong Du, Tingchen Wang, Runze Liu, Ling Fang, Yujie Sun, Chen Liu
KEYWORDS:
Engine-Room Resource Management, Analytic Hierarchy Process, Personnel Resources, Assertiveness, Leadership
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.7 No.10,
October
21,
2019
ABSTRACT: The resources in the engine room are comprised of many factors, meanwhile, numerous factors
affecting these resources. All of these factors are necessarily simplified and
hierarchized so that the studies or practice on the engine-room resource
management (ERM) have clear priorities. As such, the analytic hierarchy process
(AHP) was utilized as the study technique for this purpose. Five categories of
resources in the engine room were specified as top criteria. These resources
include personnel resources, consumable resources, information resources,
equipment resources, and environmental resources. Twenty-two sub-criteria were identified in accordance with the five resources of the ERM. The ERM principles
such as assertiveness and leadership were considered as sub-criteria for
personnel resources. The sub-criteria were ranked by using
a 1 - 9 Saaty scale. Results revealed that personnel resources were the most important resources in the ERM, followed by
equipment resources, information resources, environmental resources, and
consumable resources. And
assertiveness and leadership were the most important factor in the personnel resources, followed by consideration of
team experience, effective
communication, obtaining and maintaining situational awareness, planning and time management, and allocation,
assignment, and prioritization of resources. The findings imply that personnel resources are of vital
importance in the ERM. Due to the significance of assertiveness and leadership
in personnel resources, it is recommended that the non-technical skills of
seafarers ought to be taken into account in seafarer training and ship
resource management.