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Examining the Implications of Process and Choice for Strategic Decision Making Effectiveness

Examining the Implications of Process and Choice for Strategic Decision Making Effectiveness

Paul L. Drnevich, Thomas H. Brush, Alok Chaturvedi
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781466617469|ISBN10: 1466617462|EISBN13: 9781466617476
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1746-9.ch012
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Drnevich, Paul L., et al. "Examining the Implications of Process and Choice for Strategic Decision Making Effectiveness." Integrated and Strategic Advancements in Decision Making Support Systems, edited by Pascale Zaraté, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 147-162. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1746-9.ch012

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Drnevich, P. L., Brush, T. H., & Chaturvedi, A. (2012). Examining the Implications of Process and Choice for Strategic Decision Making Effectiveness. In P. Zaraté (Ed.), Integrated and Strategic Advancements in Decision Making Support Systems (pp. 147-162). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1746-9.ch012

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Drnevich, Paul L., Thomas H. Brush, and Alok Chaturvedi. "Examining the Implications of Process and Choice for Strategic Decision Making Effectiveness." In Integrated and Strategic Advancements in Decision Making Support Systems, edited by Pascale Zaraté, 147-162. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1746-9.ch012

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Abstract

Most strategic decision-making (SDM) approaches advocate the importance of decision-making processes and response choices for obtaining effective outcomes. Modern decision-making support system (DMSS) technology is often also needed for complex SDM, with recent research calling for more integrative DMSS approaches. However, scholars tend to take disintegrated approaches and disagree on whether rational or political decision-making processes result in more effective decision outcomes. In this study, the authors examine these issues by first exploring some of the competing theoretical arguments for the process-choice-effectiveness relationship, and then test these relationships empirically using data from a crisis response training exercise using an intelligent agent-based DMSS. In contrast to prior research, findings indicate that rational decision processes are not effective in crisis contexts, and that political decision processes may negatively influence both response choice and decision effectiveness. These results offer empirical evidence to confirm prior unsupported arguments that response choice is an important mediating factor between the decision-making process and its effectiveness. The authors conclude with a discussion of the implications of these findings and the application of agent-based simulation DMSS technologies for academic research and practice.

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