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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Organisational decision-making"”.
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Inter group relationships in organisational decision making - an ethnographical study.
… dynamics between groups jointly tasked with decision making. It seeks to answer the general question: what are the main relationship drivers and influences at work during the process of inter group activity? The research examines the issues surrounding the inter group relationship. How are …
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Urban climate adaptation as a process of organisational decision making
… commonly agreed collective goal. Governing and making decisions on climate adaptation in cities entails contestation over knowledge, values and preferences. Currently, the two dominant conceptualisations of adaptation are as cycles or pathways. Do these models adequately theorise what can be …
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Actor based behavioural simulation as an aid for organisational decision making
Decision-making is a critical activity for most of the modern organizations to stay competitive in rapidly changing business environment. Effective organisational decision-making requires deep understanding of various organisational aspects such as its goals, structure, business-as-usual …
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The relationship between gender-based affirmative action attitudes, participation in decision-making and organisational commitment
… women perceive themselves to be participating in organisational decision-making and whether those perceptions together with their gender-based affirmative action attitudes are related to their commitment to the organisation. For data collection purposes, a questionnaire was distributed via e-mail …
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Incorporating contextual integrity into privacy decision making: a risk based approach.
… contextual considerations to provide a practical decision support tool or prototype for determining privacy risks, thereby integrating the privacy decision-making function into organisational decision-making by default. This was achieved by way of a meta-model from which two separate privacy …
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Law as a regulator: steering waste management by steering itself through its relationship with the environment
… paternalism or nudge theory, I argue that organisational decision‐making creates the context or, in Sunstein and Thaler’s words, choice architecture that nudges human beings towards certain behaviour. In turn, it is the choices made by human beings that influence organisational …
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A study of renewable energy investment practice in United Kingdom and Nigeria
This research aims at appraising the decision-making approach as applied in renewable energy investment across different markets. An alternative viability assessment framework is adapted from the Bossels viability approach, which facilitates indicator prioritization. The goal of the study was to …
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The e ect of mobile BI on organisational managerial decision-making
Managerial decision-making has always involved the use of numerous distinct information resources. Modern managerial decision-making processes require a wealth of information that is enhanced and transformed into knowledge in order to take effective action. Mobility in business is increasingly …
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A study of ethical green marketing
… of influence of ethical and green issues on organisational decision making strategies. It further analyses companies' approach to such themes and the manner in which ethical and green marketing is implemented. Associated concepts such as corporate social responsibility, sustainable …
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Towards a model for exploring the relationship between managerial decision problems and decision support opportunities
The organisational decision making environment is complex, and decision makers must deal with uncertainty and ambiguity on a continuous basis. Managing and handling decision problems and implementing a solution, requires an understanding of the complexity of the decision domain to the point where …
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Corporate governance in the Victorian public health sector
… obvious human elements of governance involving decision-making are left largely unaddressed and unresolved. In this thesis, these less tangible elements of governance are explored. The perspective presented here is that corporate governance is a socio-cultural phenomenon that requires not only …
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The transition towards becoming an analytics-driven bank: an action research investigation into the users’ perspective to the end of enhancing the adoption of interactive analysis applications
… and an increasing emphasis on evidence-based organisational decision making thanks to the generation and availability of vast amounts of data and the means for processing it have become two important features of the business world organisations are operating in. Against this backdrop, …
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Advanced practitioners’ experience of interprofessional collaboration when implementing evidence-based practice into routine care: an Interpretative phenomenological analysis
… in their organisation’s executive and decision-making forums which afforded them the opportunity to have “A Voice to Implement Anything New.”. However, others were unable to avail of these opportunities. Levels of participant “Confidence” and “Emotional Intelligence” impacted …
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Performing the role of Chief Risk Officer: Reconceptualising Enterprise Risk Management in Search of Better Decision Making
… improved enterprise performance through better decision making. In organisations the Chief Risk Officer is formally tasked with implementing ERM, but there is little relevant academic theory to inform this role. There is a dearth of supporting explanatory theory, and lack of insight with respect …
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Assessing information value for harnessing knowledge needed for improving decision-making and effectiveness of a government organisation: A Case study of Abu Dhabi Police Force
Due to many adverse consequences of poor decision making in organisations there is a need to focus on the quality of information and knowledge. This research focuses on how to obtain and use, or “harness” knowledge from information in improving organisational decision-making in a civil …
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The role of culture in organisational and individual personnel selection decisions
… of awareness of the complex variables impacting organisational decision-making processes (Herriot & Anderson; 1997; Hodgkinson & Payne, 1998); the conceptualisation of scientific selection along a continuum based strictly on criterion validity indices (Hough & Oswald 2000; Borman, Hanson & Hedge, …
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The influence of 'spiritual meaning-making' on career choice, transition and experience
… inquiry is “The influence of ‘spiritual meaning-making’ on career choice, transition and experience”. Over the past decade there has been an increase in interest in the expression of spiritual belief in work. Most of the writing on the topic is based on the premise that individuals and …
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The democratisation of decision-makers in data-driven decision-making in a Big Data environment: The case of a financial services organisation in South Africa
… be obtained by other means, allowing better decision-making. Big Data is disruptive, and because it is vast and complex, it is difficult to manage from technological, regulatory, and social perspectives. Big Data can provide decision-makers (knowledge workers) with bottom-up access to …
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HR and Candidate Perspectives on AI-driven Recruitment in the UK Hospitality Sector: Benefits, Challenges, and Future Directions
… use would enhance clarity and enable accurate organisational decision-making during strategic planning. This dissertation was structured with a positivist approach in order to gain organic perspectives that were not influenced by any personal thoughts or opinions of the researcher. The primary …