Authorship Decision Making: An Empirical Investigation

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn J. Geelhoed ◽  
Julia C. Phillips ◽  
Ann R. Fischer ◽  
Elaine Shpungin ◽  
Younnjung Gong
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Empirical Investigation

scholarly journals Anatomy of the Italian occupational structure: concentrated power and distributed knowledge

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armanda Cetrulo ◽  
Dario Guarascio ◽  
Maria Enrica Virgillito
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Division Of Labor ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Hierarchical Structures ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
Occupational Structure ◽  
Distributed Knowledge ◽  
Level Of Aggregation ◽  
Micro Level ◽  
The U.S

Abstract Which type of work do Italians perform? In this contribution, we aim at detecting the anatomy of the Italian occupational structure by taking stock of a micro-level dataset registering the task content, the execution of procedures, the knowledge embedded in the work itself, called ICP (Indagine Campionaria sulle Professioni), the latter being comparable to the U.S. O*NET dataset. We perform an extensive empirical investigation moving from the micro to the macro level of aggregation. Our results show that the Italian occupational structure is strongly hierarchical, with the locus of power distinct by the locus of knowledge generation. It is also weak in terms of collaborative and worker involvement practices, and possibility to be creative. Our analysis allows to pinpoint the role exerted by hierarchical structures, decision-making autonomy, and knowledge as the most relevant attributes characterizing the division of labor.

WHO SHOULD WEAR THE PANTS? AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF FUNCTIONAL DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY IN INNOVATION DEVELOPMENT

2020 ◽  
pp. 2150019
Author(s):  
MARKUS WELLE ◽  
SABINE KUESTER ◽  
MONIKA C. SCHUHMACHER
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Processing ◽  
Functional Groups ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Organisational Culture ◽  
Innovation Performance ◽  
Environmental Turbulence ◽  
Innovation Development ◽  
Effective Decision ◽  
Effective Decision Making

Effective decision-making in innovation development is decisive for innovation success, but also poses a major challenge for companies. Building on the information-processing view of organisational design, this study investigates how companies should organise functional decision-making authority in innovation development to engender innovation success. Additionally, this research explores the interplay between the design of functional decision-making authority and organisational innovativeness representing an aspect of organisational culture. Based on two datasets garnered from a survey and an experiment with managers experienced in innovation development, the study demonstrates that the dispersion of decision-making authority across functional groups positively affects the performance of an innovation. Further, the results reveal that environmental turbulence positively moderates the effect of the dispersion of decision-making authority on innovation performance. Finally, organisational innovativeness leads to a higher dispersion of decision-making authority. This study offers important implications for managers seeking to organise functional decision-making authority in innovation development more effectively.

scholarly journals Practising open innovation: a framework of reference

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1311-1336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cinzia Battistella ◽  
Alberto Felice De Toni ◽  
Elena Pessot
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Open Innovation ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Exploratory Survey ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Opening Up

Purpose This work provides new insights into possible managerial choices and development directions for practising open innovation (OI) in companies. The purpose of this paper is to explore the different practices, actors and tools adopted for opening up the innovation process, in particular, by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are still facing difficulties in its implementation. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on a literature review and an exploratory survey of a sample of 85 European SMEs. Findings The study identifies a total of 23 practices, 20 actors and 11 tools involved in the OI processes of companies. It highlights, through literature and empirical evidence, how different combinations of practices, actors and tools are put into practice. Research limitations/implications The developed framework offers new insights both from OI literature and from practitioners’ point of view into the supporting decision-making processes regarding which practices to implement, tools to adopt and actors to collaborate with. A wider investigation is recommended to include more variables to define the differences among the combinations of practices, actors and tools in terms of types of innovation (e.g. product, process, etc.), the openness degree and other contextual factors. Originality/value The originality of this paper is based on the fact that it focusses on a practical perspective of OI implementation, building a framework of reference from previous literature and empirical investigation.

Adaptivity and Judgment in Rule Verification Tasks: An Empirical Investigation

1998 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-285
Author(s):  
Ann M. Bisantz ◽  
Alex Kirlik
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Test Performance ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Task Environment ◽  
Verification Task ◽  
Improve Performance ◽  
Impact Performance ◽  
The Poor

Recent studies of decision making have suggested that the poor performance typically demonstrated by traditional decision making research is due not to failures on the part of the human, but failures of the empirical studies to test performance in representative situations. In particular, some researchers have studied how experience in an uncertain environment can improve performance. We describe research designed to test the effect of explicit environmental experience on performance on a rule verification task. Participants performed a rule verification task after receiving related experience in the task environment. Results indicated that performance was very similar to that on traditional tasks of this type, in contrast to research which suggested that knowledge of uncertainty should impact performance.

scholarly journals “If the Problem Persists, Come Back To See Me … .”—An Empirical Study of Clinical Negligence Cases Against General Practitioners

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 406-431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rob Heywood
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
General Practitioners ◽  
Medical Decision Making ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Medical Decision ◽  
Patient Relationship ◽  
Original Contribution ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Judicial Reasoning ◽  
The Law

Abstract The law of negligence, as it applies to General Practitioners (GPs), is underexplored in the literature. There has been no substantial research undertaken that has penetrated deeper into claims that have actually reached court in order to analyse judicial reasoning pertaining to both breach of duty and causation. Given the increased pressures that GPs now face, these are important questions to consider. It is against this backdrop that this article seeks to present the findings of an empirical investigation into a number of reported clinical negligence claims brought against GPs. This analysis provides an original contribution to the developing academic discussion surrounding the changing nature of the doctor–patient relationship, and how it has come to be viewed in the eyes of the law. It also assesses the extent to which judges have become more receptive to protecting patient rights through the law of negligence, engaging in the expanding discourse concerning judicial deference to medical decision-making. It is argued that judges should sometimes show a greater propensity to question expert medical testimony in support of GPs, because some of the issues GPs typically face are less complex than in other clinical negligence cases involving technical areas of medicine, and that causation does not appear to be such a key factor in defeating patient claims. The work also provides useful guidance for GPs and their advisers in respect of where liability is most likely to be founded and how behaviour can be modified accordingly to reduce the chances of being sued.

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