Assessment of the Role of Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) as One of the Parameters Affecting the Technology Foresight Approach in the Automotive Industry

Abstract

Background and Objective: Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) is one of the most important principles that should be considered in any activity, including industrial and service activities. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the role of HSE in the parameters affecting the technology foresight approach in an automotive industry. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted based on the fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) in an automotive industry from 2020 to 2021. The statistical population included experts, supervisors, and managers in Pars-Khodro Company (Tehran, Iran), and the study sample was 138 people. The process of conducting this study included identifying the parameters affecting the technology foresight approach in the automotive industry through a comprehensive library study and implementing FAHP through a field study. Results: The results showed that all parameters of soft and hard technology, as well as political, economic, social, and HSE factors, significantly affected the technology foresight approach in the automotive industry (P<0.001). The final normalized weights for these six parameters were 0.378, 0.163, 0.280, 0.051, 0.098, and 0.031, respectively. The incompatibility rate of the comparisons was 0.09. Conclusion: The findings indicated that soft technology is the most important factor and HSE factors are the least important one in technology transfer and foresight approach.

Keywords

• automotive industry
• foresight
• health safety and environ-ment
• technology