Exploring Job Opportunities for Unemployed Workers in China: An Analytic Hierarchy Process Application

Summary


This study presents a protocol analysis that explores job opportunities for unemployed workers in the Peoples Republic of China. Providing the best job opportunities to workers and, as a result, reducing unemployment levels is a top government priority. However, in a rapidly changing economic system, the situation presents itself as a complex problem to the Chinese. The solution to this problem is complicated by the uncertainties involved in evaluating alternatives. We recognize the selection of the best alternative as a multiple criteria decision and apply the AHP approach as an appropriate solution method.

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Exploring Job Opportunities for Unemployed Workers in China: An Analytic Hierarchy Process Application

Introduction

China is rapidly changing from a central planning to a free-market economic system. Under the old system most state-owned enterprises were overstaffed and never pressured to lower production costs. The overriding goal was to meet or exceed the quotas determined by administrators from the central planning office. Therefore the cost of labor utilized in the production of goods was not an issue of concern to managers.

However, as the environment changed, domestic as well as international competition forced many enterprises to seek more cost-effective positions. Labor cost...

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