A narrative approach to bioethical decision making: The missing link between bioethics and conflict management?

2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ansley Barton
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Narrative Approach ◽  
Missing Link

The Impact of Culture on Workplace Conflict in the Caribbean

2014 ◽  
pp. 1352-1366
Author(s):  
Susan Scott
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Human Relationship ◽  
Workplace Conflict ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
East And West ◽  
The Impact

There are many subtleties within a culture that affect decision-making. Lack of understanding of these nuances enhances the mystique of cross-cultural business. Global managers need to better understand trans-cultural decision-making to maximize the benefits of alliances and business relationships abroad. One of these subtleties, often discussed in relation to business in the Orient, is conflict management. The notion of “face” and the importance of individual honor pervade cultural briefing materials on countries such as Japan. It is a defining difference in human relationship management between East and West. Yet when dealing with employees in nations speaking the same language, as a U.S. manager to a Caribbean manager, one often fails to account for equally significant differences in managing conflict. This chapter discusses the impact of culture-specific attitudes concerning workplace conflict on business performance in the Caribbean, using examples specifically from Grenada.

Implications and Philosophical Requirements of a Comprehensive Dialectical Inquiry System

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Acar ◽  
Douglas A. Druckenmiller
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Political Decision ◽  
Collaboration Engineering ◽  
Problem Framing ◽  
Upper Level ◽  
Inquiry System ◽  
Current Systems ◽  
Political Decision Making

For the purpose of aiding upper-level strategic or political decision making and some forms of conflict management, this chapter revisits the concept of dialectical inquiry (DI) from the perspective of collaborative framing or modeling for “collaboration engineering.” It does so by integrating the recent literature with its theoretical and philosophical sources. The connection of DI and the problem-framing paradigm is clarified. The chapter also establishes the general requirements or desired features of an up-to-date DI system and evaluates some current systems and their implications in light of these criteria.

Strategic decision-making

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satyanarayana Parayitam ◽  
Chris Papenhausen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Strategic Decision Making ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Decision Outcomes ◽  
Seeking Behavior ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the effect of cooperative conflict management on agreement-seeking behavior, agreement-seeking behavior on decision outcomes, moderating role of competence-based trust on the relationship between agreement-seeking behavior and decision outcomes, and mediating role of agreement-seeking behavior between cooperative conflict management and decision outcomes. Design/methodology/approach Using a structured survey instrument, this paper gathered data from 348 students enrolled in a strategic management capstone course that features strategic decision-making in a simulated business strategy game. The data from 94 teams were collected from the student population using a carefully administered instrument. The data were aggregated after running the inter-rater agreement test and the analyzed to test the hypotheses. Findings The results from the hierarchical regression of the complex moderated mediation model reveal that cooperative conflict management is positively related to agreement-seeking behavior, and agreement-seeking behavior mediates the relationship between cooperative conflict management and decision outcomes. The results also suggest that competence-based trust acts as a moderator in the relationship between agreement-seeking behavior and decision quality; agreement-seeking behavior and team effectiveness, and agreement-seeking behavior and decision commitment. Results also support mediation of agreement-seeking behavior between cooperative conflict management and decision outcomes. Research limitations/implications The present research is based on self-report measures, and hence, the limitations of social desirability bias and common method bias are inherent. However, adequate care is taken to minimize these limitations. The research has implications for the strategic decision-making process literature. Practical implications In addition to the strategic management literature, this study contributes to practicing managers. The study suggests that competence-based trust plays a vital role in decision effectiveness. Administrators need to select the members in the decision-making process who have competence-based trust on one another and engage in agreement-seeking behavior. Social implications The findings from the study help in creating a fruitful social environment in organizations. Originality/value This study provides new insights about the previously unknown effects of cooperative conflict management and agreement-seeking behavior in strategic decision-making process.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION MAKING: EXAMINING THE AARHUS CONVENTION

1999 ◽  
Vol 01 (02) ◽  
pp. 229-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUAN R. PALERM
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
Communicative Action ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
The Public ◽  
Environmental Decision Making ◽  
Aarhus Convention ◽  
Management Procedures ◽  
Environmental Decision

After reviewing the development of public participation in environmental decision making, empirical/theoretical principles for public participation are proposed, based on Habermas's theory of communicative action. These principles are used to assess the Aarhus convention (AC), as well as the implications of the AC for the interpretation of EIA directive 85/337/EEC (amended by directive 97/11/EC) and the proposed directive on SEA.The results show that the AC falls short of the proposed principles in four fundamental aspects: (1) its need to ensure the participation of cognitively and lingually non-competent actors; (2) the need to have a two-way communication process; (3) the need to ensure normative and subjective claims are adequately recognised; and (4) the need to establish conflict management procedures. As well, the results show that the AC will set stricter standards for the interpretation of the public participation provisions in both the EIA directive and the proposed SEA directive.

scholarly journals Integration of Extra-Information for Belief Function Theory Conflict Management Problem Through Generic Association Rules

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (04) ◽  
pp. 531-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Samet ◽  
Eric Lefèvre ◽  
Sadok Ben Yahia
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Information Fusion ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Function Theory ◽  
Belief Function ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Management Problem ◽  
Extra Information ◽  
Belief Function Theory

Decision making by considering multiple information sources could provide interesting results. For that reason, fusion formalisms were a major concern in the belief function community. In this context, the Belief function theory allows information fusion thanks to its combinations tools that it integrates. Nevertheless, belief function theory highlights a limit in the merging of contradictory (conflictual) sources. Many authors tackled this problem offering contributions in this field. Unfortunately, no proposed operator has distinguished by its adequacy regardless the type of handled sources. In this paper, we demonstrate the limits of some referenced works and we diagnostic the issues origin. We propose a conflict management approach based on an extra-information that guides the treatment. We also integrate a generic associative base borrowed from the data mining domain in order to apply the adequate conflict management.

scholarly journals STRATEGIES OF THE EFFECTIVE CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN THE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT

2021 ◽  
pp. 204-212
Author(s):  
VASILIKI PAPOUTSI
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Organizational Communication ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Educational Organizations ◽  
Administrative Behavior ◽  
New Ways Of Working ◽  
Rational Management

The problem of communication among the participants of the educational environment occupies one of the leading places in modern pedagogical science. A natural possibility in an educational organization is the existence of conflict. This article presents the essential role of effective communication in the proper management of conflict within the school environment. It has been proved that dealing with conflicts in educational organizations executives tend to apply different styles of administrative behavior. These mainly include the integration of objectives, concession, enforcement, avoidance and compromise. The choice of conflict management-settlement style depends on organizational communication, the interdependence of individual objectives and the ability of individuals and groups to work together. The article analyses the specific type of communication the educational managers must rely on in order to achieve the collection of information, rational decision making and even the control of the expected results. Organizational communication is an important tool of effective management as executives manage to persuade, motivate and do what their subordinates want. It has been grounded that the crucial factor in effective conflict management through organizational communication is decision making. The article highlights the fact that the value of a conflict is assessed as favorable or not, depending on the participants in the conflict, the means used and the subjective criteria of the participants. The positive causes or constructive actions for the rational management of the conflict phenomenon must arise as a result of the dialectical way of dealing with disagreements, crises and conflicts. Their effective resolution is a positive potential for experience, as it provides an opportunity for stakeholders to get to know the problem, plan and implement positive changes in challenge outdated ways of thinking and develop new ways of working effectively together.

scholarly journals The Role of Women in Conflict Management in Rumuekpe Community in Rivers State

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Ehizuelen Patricia Adesuwa ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Conflict Management ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Brighter Future ◽  
Rivers State ◽  
Effective Result ◽  
Women Participation

This thesis has attempted to examine how the inclusion of women in conflict management processes, and decision making in conflict related programmes, could contribute to effective result, using Rumuekpe as a case study. By employing qualitative and descriptive approaches to derive data from primary and secondary sources, the study argues that in spite of the traditional challenges’ women are faced with, the glass ceiling and discrimination of the women continues to pose formidable huddles to women participation in major issues in Nigeria, they are still able to bring about groundbreaking roles, in conflict management. The Rumuekpe women has contributed significantly to the conclusion of the 5-year conflict in the community, and have since earned a position of respect in society. This did not give them a larger role to play in government, politics and private sector.Major barriers remain, but a brighter future has been created. Furthermore, the thesis recommends constructive actions that should be taken to ensure that the productive involvement of women continues

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