An Empirical Examination of Metacognitive Models of Situation Assessment

1997 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pat-Anthony Federico
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Multidimensional Scaling ◽  
Pairwise Similarity ◽  
Situation Assessment ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Cognitive Components ◽  
Scaling Solution ◽  
Similarity Ratings ◽  
Tactical Decision ◽  
Naval Officers

This research questioned whether participants' metacognitive models of abstract cognitive components of situation assessment were correlated with performance on concrete experimental tasks necessitating situation assessment. In this experiment, 76 naval officers were asked to (a) represent as graphic weighted networks their metacognitive models of schema-driven tactical decision making, for which situation assessment is crucial, and (b) perform experimental tasks requiring categorizing and pairwise similarity ratings of tactical situations. Canonical, regression, and correlation analyses and multidimensional scaling established that 2 of 4 metacognitive link weights were significantly associated with (a) 3 of 6 measures of sorting performance and (b) 1 of 2 dimensions derived for the scaling solution of pairwise similarity ratings. These results partially supported what was theorized regarding individuals' metacognitive models and sorting and pairwise performance.

Individual Differences in Metacognitive Decision Making and Situation Assessment

1995 ◽  
Vol 39 (13) ◽  
pp. 878-881 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pat-Anthony Federico
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Multidimensional Scaling ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Event Sequence ◽  
Pairwise Similarity ◽  
Situation Assessment ◽  
Scaling Solution ◽  
Similarity Ratings ◽  
Tactical Decision ◽  
Naval Officers

28 senior naval officers (experts) and 48 junior naval officers (novices) (1) categorized tactical situations, (2) performed pairwise similarity ratings of them, and (3) represented their metacognitive models of tactical decision making as graphic weighted networks. Multidimensional scaling was conducted employing subjects’ pairwise similarity ratings of tactical situations. Using classification measures and multidimensional weights as dependent variables and salient metacognitive link weights as independent variables, two one-way multivariate analyses of covariance between experts and novices and associated statistics were computed. Some of the results of canonical and regression analyses and product-moment correlations validated an important aspect of a metacognitive model of naturalistic schema-driven tactical decision making. They established significant associations of the two link weights connecting event sequence and similarity recognition to situation assessment with actual performances on the two experimental tasks requiring situation assessment. These findings demonstrated (1) the importance of event sequence and similarity recognition as necessary input to situation assessment, and (2) these two metacognitive links are significantly associated with the recognition of similar scenarios. Experts and novices did not differ significantly in (1) the number of categories, scenarios per category, and times to classify the tactical situations during sorting and resorting, and (2) their derived weights along the two dimensions, warfare tempo and reaction time, of the multidimensional scaling solution.

Assessing Changes in Tactical Decision Making: FITE-JCTD Spiral 2 Operational Demonstration

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Kobus ◽  
Jason M. Kobus ◽  
Jared Ostertag ◽  
Matthew Kelly ◽  
Erica D. Palmer
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Tactical Decision

Understanding how the contextual variables influence political behaviour in strategic decision-making

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 226-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Said Elbanna ◽  
Ioannis C. Thanos ◽  
Vassilis M. Papadakis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Strategic Decision Making ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Political Behaviour ◽  
Practitioner Education ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to enhance the knowledge of the antecedents of political behaviour. Whereas political behaviour in strategic decision-making (SDM) has received sustained interest in the literature, empirical examination of its antecedents has been meagre. Design/methodology/approach – The authors conducted a constructive replication to examine the impact of three layers of context, namely, decision, firm and environment, on political behaviour. In Study 1, Greece, we gathered data on 143 strategic decisions, while in Study 2, Egypt, we collected data on 169 strategic decisions. Findings – The evidence suggests that both decision-specific and firm factors act as antecedents to political behaviour, while environmental factors do not. Practical implications – The findings support enhanced practitioner education regarding political behaviour and provide practitioners with a place from which to start by identifying the factors which might influence the occurrence of political behaviour in SDM. Originality/value – The paper fills important gaps in the existing research on the influence of context on political behaviour and delineates interesting areas for further research.

Exercises in Distributed Tactical Decision-Making in Advanced Collaborative Environments

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Bayerl ◽  
Kristina Lauche ◽  
Margaret Thomson Crichton ◽  
Steven James Sawaryn ◽  
Andy Deady
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Collaborative Environments ◽  
Tactical Decision
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