scholarly journals A review of challenges to determining and demonstrating efficiency of large fire management

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 562 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew P. Thompson ◽  
Francisco Rodríguez y Silva ◽  
David E. Calkin ◽  
Michael S. Hand
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Fire Management ◽  
Wildland Fire ◽  
Fire Suppression ◽  
Initial Response ◽  
Relative Magnitude ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Decision Factors ◽  
Management Decision Making

Characterising the impacts of wildland fire and fire suppression is critical information for fire management decision-making. Here, we focus on decisions related to the rare larger and longer-duration fire events, where the scope and scale of decision-making can be far broader than initial response efforts, and where determining and demonstrating efficiency of strategies and actions can be particularly troublesome. We organise our review around key decision factors such as context, complexity, alternatives, consequences and uncertainty, and for illustration contrast fire management in Andalusia, Spain, and Montana, USA. Two of the largest knowledge gaps relate to quantifying fire impacts to ecosystem services, and modelling relationships between fire management activities and avoided damages. The relative magnitude of these and other concerns varies with the complexity of the socioecological context in which fire management decisions are made. To conclude our review, we examine topics for future research, including expanded use of the economics toolkit to better characterise the productivity and effectiveness of suppression actions, integration of ecosystem modelling with economic principles, and stronger adoption of risk and decision analysis within fire management decision-making.

Information systems in support of wildland fire management decision making in Canada

2002 ◽  
Vol 37 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 185-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.S Lee ◽  
M.E Alexander ◽  
B.C Hawkes ◽  
T.J Lynham ◽  
B.J Stocks ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Fire Management ◽  
Wildland Fire ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Wildland Fire Management

Exploring the use of economic evaluation in Australian wildland fire management decision-making

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena Clayton ◽  
Melinda R. Mylek ◽  
Jacki Schirmer ◽  
Geoffrey J. Cary ◽  
Stephen R. Dovers
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Economic Evaluation ◽  
Fire Management ◽  
Wildland Fire ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
Economic Information ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Policy Objectives

Wildland fire managers make daily decisions about ways to allocate scarce resources to meet policy objectives. Making these decisions has become more challenging as the frequency and size of fires increase, as does associated risk to assets and costs of management. There is growing interest in using economic evaluation to inform resource allocation decisions, but little work has examined the economic evaluation needs of wildland fire managers, their current use of economic information and the factors that aid or hinder use. This study examined these issues through a survey of Australian wildland fire managers in fire management and policy roles. We found that despite strong interest in economic evaluation, managers have limited familiarity with most evaluation methods or use of the information derived. Several actions can improve the use and usefulness of economic evaluation for wildland fire managers: first, building capacity of managers to both commission and use economic information; second, integrating analysis of market and non-market benefits and costs as part of economic evaluation and third, better integrating economic evaluation with the broader context of decision-making processes.

scholarly journals Towards enhanced risk management: planning, decision making and monitoring of US wildfire response

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Dunn ◽  
David E. Calkin ◽  
Matthew P. Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Fire Management ◽  
The United States ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Current Response ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
Response Strategies ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Response Decisions

Wildfire’s economic, ecological and social impacts are on the rise, fostering the realisation that business-as-usual fire management in the United States is not sustainable. Current response strategies may be inefficient and contributing to unnecessary responder exposure to hazardous conditions, but significant knowledge gaps constrain clear and comprehensive descriptions of how changes in response strategies and tactics may improve outcomes. As such, we convened a special session at an international wildfire conference to synthesise ongoing research focused on obtaining a better understanding of wildfire response decisions and actions. This special issue provides a collection of research that builds on those discussions. Four papers focus on strategic planning and decision making, three papers on use and effectiveness of suppression resources and two papers on allocation and movement of suppression resources. Here we summarise some of the key findings from these papers in the context of risk-informed decision making. This collection illustrates the value of a risk management framework for improving wildfire response safety and effectiveness, for enhancing fire management decision making and for ushering in a new fire management paradigm.

A review of operational research studies in forest fire management

1982 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. L. Martell
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Forest Fire ◽  
Operational Research ◽  
Fire Management ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Comprehensive Review ◽  
Forest Fire Management ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Research Studies

This paper is a comprehensive review of operational research studies in forest fire management during the years 1961 through 1981. It includes a brief discussion of fire management decision making, summaries of and comments regarding the practical merits of the work that has been done, and suggestions concerning future efforts in this field.

scholarly journals Organizational Structure and Its Influence on Decision-Making

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 489-507
Author(s):  
Ainara Alícia Varjão dos Santos ◽  
Theophilo Alves De Souza Filho ◽  
Haroldo De Sá Medeiros ◽  
Rosália Maria Passos da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Web Of Science ◽  
The Other ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Publication Time ◽  
Related Theme

This research aimed, through a bibliometric analysis, to generate a Bibliographic Portfolio of articles submitted for aligning organizational matters and taking public administration. National and international literature was used in order to contribute and facilitate the investigation of future research on the related theme. For the analysis, the Proknow-C methodology was used, with a publication time limit of 20 years, from 1999 to 2019, using Scopus, Web of Science and Spell as databases. A research resulted in the construction of a portfolio containing 4 research articles that shown alignment with the topic. Two articles aimed to build models to optimize management decision making in the complex environment of applicable technologies and resources, while the other articles analyze the decision making process, one article related to structured ethical decision and the other to public participation in decision making in four different countries. The content of the Bibliographic Portfolio allows a direction for future research, allowing the development of theoretical bases on the articles that stood out in the research.

Risk Aversion in Management Decision Making

2020 ◽  
pp. 270-282
Author(s):  
Manuel Garcia ◽  
Palaniappan Thiagarajan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Uncertainty Avoidance ◽  
Cultural Dimensions ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Future Research Directions

With the shrinking of the globe through globalization it is important to understand global business and culture. A considerable number of people rely upon Hofstede's 1980's findings. This chapter looks at the validity of those findings in general, his cultural dimensions, and uncertainty avoidance. This study tests the hypothesis that position level within an organization has an impact on the employee's level of uncertainty avoidance. The result of the linear regression model, R2 value of .019 and a significance level of .057, reflect that position level is not a predictor of uncertainty avoidance. However, a single sample t-test reflects that based on position level the employees had significantly different responses to the uncertainty avoidance questionnaire, p less than .001. These findings suggest that a difference does exist based on position level, but that there are other factors that have a greater impact on the level of uncertainty avoidance. Implications from this research as well as limitations and future research directions are also discussed.

Exploring Adoption of the Wildland Fire Decision Support System: End User Perspectives

2020 ◽  
Vol 118 (2) ◽  
pp. 154-171 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Noble ◽  
Travis B Paveglio
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Support ◽  
Decision Support System ◽  
Support System ◽  
Fire Management ◽  
Wildland Fire ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Us Forest Service ◽  
User Perspectives ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract Abstract The increasing complexity of wildland fire management highlights the importance of sound decision making. Numerous fire management decision support systems (FMDSS) are designed to enhance science and technology delivery or assist fire managers with decision-making tasks. However, few scientific efforts have explored the adoption and use of FMDSS by fire managers. This research couples existing decision support system research and in-depth interviews with US Forest Service fire managers to explore perspectives surrounding the Wildland Fire Decision Support System (WFDSS). Results indicate that fire managers appreciate many WFDSS components but view it primarily as a means to document fire management decisions. They describe on-the-ground actions that can be disconnected with decisions developed in WFDSS, which they attribute to the timeliness of WFDSS outputs, the complexity of the WFDSS design, and how it was introduced to managers. We conclude by discussing how FMDSS development could address concerns raised by managers.

Centralization and Effectiveness of Reward Management in Multinational Enterprises

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Tekieli ◽  
Marion Festing ◽  
Xavier Baeten
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
Role Identity ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Role Identities ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Subsidiary Managers ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Based on responses from 158 reward managers located at the headquarters or subsidiaries of multinational enterprises, the present study examines the relationship between the centralization of reward management decision making and its perceived effectiveness in multinational enterprises. Our results show that headquarters managers perceive a centralized approach as being more effective, while for subsidiary managers this relationship is moderated by the manager’s role identity. Referring to social identity theory, the present study enriches the standardization versus localization debate through a new perspective focusing on psychological processes, thereby indicating the importance of in-group favoritism in headquarters and the influence of subsidiary managers’ role identities on reward management decision making.

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