Phased Narrowing: A New Process Tracing Method for Decision Making

1995 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irwin P. Levin ◽  
J.D. Jasper
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Process Tracing ◽  
New Process ◽  
Tracing Method

scholarly journals Disaster Management and Mitigation Instruments Used in Brazil in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Exacta ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabiana Santos Lima ◽  
Andréa Cristina Trierweiller ◽  
Maria José Galeno de Souza Oliveira ◽  
Maira Cola ◽  
Felipe Eugênio Kich Gontijo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
South America ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Process Tracing ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Brazilian Government ◽  
First Case ◽  
Quality Decision ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Tracing Method

The seriousness and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic required high quality decision-making and quick, positive actions by different levels of government in Brazil and in other countries. The question is: How did the Brazilian government respond to the crisis caused by COVID-19 pandemic? We explored the theoretical context of the pandemic by using the Sendai framework, to analyze the quantitative aspects of the disease. The analysis was performed as an analytical, descriptive, and systematic study, using bibliographic research covering the period from Jan. 2020 to Apr. 2021. We used the process-tracing method. Brazil reported the first case of COVID-19 in South America, on Feb. 26. Since then, there has been an accelerated spread of the disease in South America. The Brazilian government’s responses to the pandemic were characterized by intergovernmental incoordination, caused by the lack of leadership from the federal government, resulting in increased losses in human lives.

Process Tracing Technologies in Decision Making: Introduction and Prospect

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 606-614
Author(s):  
Wen YU ◽  
Gonggu YAN ◽  
Zhihua HUANG
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Process Tracing

Evaluations for New Healthcare Environment Commissioning and Operational Decision Making Using Simulation and Human Factors: A Case Study of an Interventional Trauma Operating Room

2021 ◽  
pp. 193758672199966
Author(s):  
Mirette Dubé ◽  
Jason Laberge ◽  
Elaine Sigalet ◽  
Jonas Shultz ◽  
Christine Vis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Human Factors ◽  
Operating Room ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Healthcare Team ◽  
Healthcare Environment ◽  
New Process ◽  
Timely Access ◽  
Operational Decision Making

Purpose: The aim of this article is to provide a case study example of the preopening phase of an interventional trauma operating room (ITOR) using systems-focused simulation and human factor evaluations for healthcare environment commissioning. Background: Systems-focused simulation, underpinned by human factors science, is increasingly being used as a quality improvement tool to test and evaluate healthcare spaces with the stakeholders that use them. Purposeful real-to-life simulated events are rehearsed to allow healthcare teams opportunity to identify what is working well and what needs improvement within the work system such as tasks, environments, and processes that support the delivery of healthcare services. This project highlights salient evaluation objectives and methods used within the clinical commissioning phase of one of the first ITORs in Canada. Methods: A multistaged evaluation project to support clinical commissioning was facilitated engaging 24 stakeholder groups. Key evaluation objectives highlighted include the evaluation of two transport routes, switching of operating room (OR) tabletops, the use of the C-arm, and timely access to lead in the OR. Multiple evaluation methods were used including observation, debriefing, time-based metrics, distance wheel metrics, equipment adjustment counts, and other transport route considerations. Results: The evaluation resulted in several types of data that allowed for informed decision making for the most effective, efficient, and safest transport route for an exsanguinating trauma patient and healthcare team; improved efficiencies in use of the C-arm, significantly reduced the time to access lead; and uncovered a new process for switching OR tabletop due to safety threats identified.

Process Tracing in Crisis Decision Making

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Beach
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Direct Evidence ◽  
Process Tracing ◽  
Causal Process ◽  
Foreign Policy Analysis ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Causal Inferences ◽  
Theoretical Understanding ◽  
Causal Processes

Process tracing is an in-depth case study method that can be used to study how causal processes play out within cases. Given its focus on processes and temporality, process tracing is a useful method for analyzing crisis and crisis decision making in the fields of foreign policy analysis and public policy. As can be seen from its name, process tracing involves theorizing a causal process that is then traced by investigating the observable manifestations of the operation of the process as a whole in the more minimalist variant, or for each of its parts in the more maximalist variant. Minimalist process tracing is typically used early in a research program as a form of plausibility probe to understand what types of processes might be linking a crisis event with particular outcomes like policy change. Maximalist process tracing can then be used once there is preliminary knowledge about processes, and where the goals become gaining a better theoretical understanding of how they operate, and making stronger causal inferences using more direct evidence of their operation.

scholarly journals Missing Items: Automating the Replacement Workflow Process

2009 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheri Smith ◽  
Anastasia Guimaraes ◽  
Mandy Havert ◽  
Tatiana H. Prokrym
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Effective Communication ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
New Process ◽  
University Of Notre Dame ◽  
The University ◽  
Missing Items

<span>Academic libraries handle missing items in a variety of ways. The Hesburgh Libraries of the University of Notre Dame recently revamped their system for replacing or withdrawing missing items. This article describes the new process that uses a customized database to facilitate efficient and effective communication, tracking, and selector decision making for large numbers of missing items.</span>

scholarly journals Voice Communication Systems Impact on Navigating Officers

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lovro Maglić ◽  
Sanjin Valčić ◽  
Ana Gundić ◽  
Livia Maglić
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Situational Awareness ◽  
Subjective Assessment ◽  
Average Frequency ◽  
Voice Communication ◽  
New Process ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Voice Calls ◽  
The Impact

The tasks of an officer of the watch (OOW) on complex ships during navigation in coastal areas may be very challenging. Almost all the tasks require substantial information processing and timely decision making. Every distracting element should be avoided during navigation. Every call, made through any communication system, activates a new process that the OOW needs to conduct. The new process may interrupt a previously started task. In case of too many incoming calls, the workload of the OOW may increase significantly, thus, their situational awareness may be compromised and the risk of errors may increase. The objective of this research was to analyze the impact of incoming voice calls on the OOW. The research methods used include a questionnaire survey and a series of interviews with experienced officers. The main outcomes refer to the average frequency of incoming calls, duration of conversations and subjective assessment of their influence. The results indicate that, during one watch, an officer needs to answer 14 calls that last 16.19 min altogether. However, the officers consider 45% of calls made during watch keeping as distracting. A possible call management system with the aim to reduce distractions made by low priority calls is proposed in this paper.

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