The purpose of this study is to figure out the impacts of technological innovation and cost management on productivity in small shipping industries to come up with developmental implications. To achieve this, a survey was carried out to 150 workers in small shipbuilding industries through April 2 to April 20, 2012. As for findings stated above, technological innovation and cost management in the Korean small shipbuilding industries were key factors that elevate financial and non-financial productivity. In the light of low technological prowess and cost structure of small shipbuilding industries, their productivity can be improved when intensive cost management with production factor technology as know-how is realized through quality management, which product development technology is the top priority as an independent niche strategy. Consequently, the combination of infrastructures in small shipbuilding industries with continuous efforts for cost reduction by the link to the systematized structure can't only secure their independent competitiveness, but raise their productivity.

In this study, a survey was carried out on 150 workers in the small shipping industry through April 2 to April 20, 2012, with the purpose of figuring out the impacts of technological innovation and cost management on productivity in the small shipping industry to put forward developmental implications. Findings stated above confirm technological innovation factors and cost management factors of our small shipping industry were key factors that elevate financial and non-financial productivity. In the light of low technological prowess and cost structure of small shipping industry, this means that its productivity can be improved when cost management with production factor technology come true as know-how through quality control, which product development technology is the top priority, and intensive cost management with independent niche strategies. Consequently, this implies that when efforts for continuous cost reduction are accompanied by the link of the substructure as an infrastructure of small shipping industry to the systematized structure, its own competitiveness can not only be secured, but its productivity can raised.

오늘날 해운산업분야에서 선박관리업의 역할과 중요성은 날로 확대되고 있다. 과거 해운경기의 불황을 거치면서 다수의 해운선사들은 비용의 상승 및 선원의 공급 불안정 등의 이유로 선원관리 분야의 아웃소싱을 시도하게 되었다. 이에 따라 해운산업에서도 분업화와 전문화가 활발해지면서 국내외 선박관리기업의 경쟁이 심화되고 있다. 경쟁시대에 생존을 위해서는 국내외 해운산업의 환경변화 및 선박관리업의 현황에 대한 정확한 이해와 경쟁력 제고를 위한 요인의 파악이 시급하다. 본 연구에서는 의사결정문제를 다루는 방법으로 다양한 대안 중에서 최적의 선택대안을 도출할 때 사용하는 계층분석적 의사결정방법(AHP)를 사용하여 우리나라 선박관리기업의 경쟁력 요인 우선순위를 도출하고자 한다. 분석 결과 선박관리업의 기업경쟁력 평가 요인에서 가장 중요하게 고려해야 할 사항은 인적자원 요인으로, 이것은 우수한 선원의 학보와 우수한 해기품질을 가진 육상의 관리요원을 확보하는 것이 중요하다는 것을 알 수 있다. 본 연구는 기업경쟁력에 관한 이론을 정립하는데 기여하며, 특히 선박관리기업의 경쟁력 요인을 도출함으로써 선박관리기업의 경쟁력 제고를 위한 경영전략 수립에 기여할 것으로 판단된다.