Prioritizing of Strategy Implementation Obstacles among Energy sector's Contractors Using Fuzzy TOPSIS Method

The main purpose of this practical survey is devoted to identify the obstacles of strategic plan implementation among energy sector's contractors and then, to present a classification of identified obstacles on the basis of their priorities. In order to achieve this purpose, 8 factors were chosen as the obstacles of strategic plans in energy sector following the literature review and experts comments, and then applied to 87 managers and senior experts of strategic planning in contracting firms by a questionnaire. The Fuzzy TOPSIS technique is assumed as a well-known Multiple-criteria Decision Making (MCDM) approach. Results showed that organizational structure was received the most priority as an obstacle in implementing strategic plan in contracting industry and operational planning, resource allocation, quality of strategy, communication, strategy executors, control and commitment got subsequent ranks. So, findings of this survey could improve the efficiency of contracting firm's managers to direct the process of strategy implementation and to overcome on identified obstacles.