A Study of Decision Making: The Case of Brown and Root, Inc.

<p>The process of community decision making has been examined by many theorists in the field of political science. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the case of Brown and Root, Inc., a marine fabrication industry that hoped to construct a large plant in the rural town of Cape Charles, Virginia. The industry underwent a lengthy decision-making process before a final decision was made.</p> <p>This case was selected because a wide variety of factors affected the ultimate outcome of the decision-making process. Because the decision-making process covered a five year time span in this case, it includes more factors than some decisions. Therefore, it allows the researcher to examine many factors in decision making while studying a single case. The case study is presented in a chronology, compiled from written records of the case and personal interviews. The findings of this case were compared to the findings in the literature reviewed to determine which factors influenced the decision-making process in this case.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Year dc:date.available

1979

Author dc:creator

• Springle, Mary Blossom

Contributors dc:contributor

• Roger S. Richman
• Leonard I. Ruchelman

• Community decision making
• Brown and Root
• Inc.
• Political Science
• Public Affairs
• Urban Studies

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/urbanstudies_etds/4

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.odu.edu:urbanstudies_etds-1006