scholarly journals Perception of Complexity Area in Management–an Exploratory Study in Poland

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 36-43
Author(s):  
Iwona Gorzeń-Mitka
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
General Aspect ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Theoretical Considerations

The purpose of this article is presentation theoretical and empirical analysis about complexity perception in organization. We propose following thesis: "perception of complexity in company is possible by separating complexity levels of particular areas of company activity". Taking into account the general aspect of perception and complexity perception in management to the understanding this concept we use the Cynefin model. We accept the assumption that the recognition complexity levels in selected areas create value in decision making processes. Theoretical considerations are supplemented by results of the study in 157 Polish SMEs. The study was conducted in May 2015.

Cognitive Process Elements of People Decision-Making

2019 ◽  
pp. 602-611
Author(s):  
Thais Spiegel
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Individual Decision ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Individual Decision Making ◽  
Corporate Context ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Process Elements

The ability to make choices is regarded as essential to human action and to modern life, individually, collectively, and in the corporate context, and is crucial to the concept of freedom. This chapter examines individual decision-making processes. In this respect, it is important to distinguish between the task of deciding, described as a system of events and relationships in the external, “objective” world and the system of cognitive processes that take place in the “psychological world.” The study of decision making has a long history that spans a variety of perspectives, philosophical positions, and prescriptions—amidst a great deal of controversy—that have evolved into descriptive processes and approximated how decisions are actually taken. This exploratory study builds on the premise that, in order for decision making to be understood completely and improved, the underlying cognitive processes must be examined. It thus sets out to identify how decision making is shaped by the cognitive processes of the agents involved.

Is there a role for agricultural production cooperatives in agricultural development? Evidence from China

2020 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 256-263
Author(s):  
Shemei Zhang ◽  
Axel Wolz ◽  
Ya Ding
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Sichuan Province ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Family Agriculture ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Set Up

In recent years, China witnessed a boom in the formation of agricultural cooperatives. While most of them have been set up as agricultural service cooperatives, there is also the option of forming agricultural production cooperatives (APCs). Although both models stem from a similar long tradition, it was argued that production cooperatives were not competitive, thus having no role in agricultural development. Historically, these cooperatives were formed under specific conditions only. However, in recent years, they have been observed in villages characterised by family agriculture. Taking the example of Chongzhou County (Sichuan Province, China), this exploratory study investigates the salient conditions under which farmers voluntarily join such cooperatives. The results show that APCs still have a role to play in agricultural development after all. Certain conditions have to be met, like government support and recruitment of professional farm managers, but particularly a homogeneous membership and transparent decision-making processes.

Reasons for relating representations when reading digital multimodal science information

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 313-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders D Sivle ◽  
Per H Uppstad
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Eye Tracker ◽  
Weather Forecasts ◽  
Think Aloud Protocol ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Science Information

This exploratory study examined 16 participants’ reasons for relating representations when reading online information that presented weather forecasts comprising a variety of representations. They were told to advise a friend, who was planning to paint the exterior of his house, based on the online information. The participants’ multimodal reading was tracked with a SMI RED (50 Hz) eye-tracker, and their reasons for relating representations were investigated through a retrospective think-aloud protocol cued by the recording of the individual’s reading behaviour and a stand-alone interview. In line with expected behaviour, results suggest that decision-making processes influenced the construction of reading paths. More interestingly, results showed that the participants’ reasons for making transitions between representations were to control and compare information. The discussion focuses on this study’s unique contribution in terms of new conjectures for future research.

scholarly journals Communication transparency in ethical and traditional banking in Spain

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Baraibar-Diez ◽  
María D.Odriozola ◽  
José Luis Fernández Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Information Disclosure ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Financial Institution ◽  
Communication Process ◽  
Complex Concept ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Information Channels

Transparency is a key value in the thinking of ethical banks, but do they perform different practices over traditional banking that justify or support that commitment to transparency? This study examines transparency in the communication process in two different types of banking in Spain: ethical/alternative banking and traditional banking. The identification of an explicit commitment to transparency, the analysis of disclosed information, the identification of information channels and the identification of stakeholders allow assessing transparency, which appears as a complex concept that has more to do with corporate philosophy rather than with the actions developed to achieve a greater transparency level, where the resources of the financial institution seem to prevail over the thinking of the organization. This exploratory study will contribute to the knowledge about ESG information disclosure in the banking industry, developing the identification of practices that improve transparency and will result in greater efficiency in decision-making processes.

Cognitive Processing of Miscommunication in Interactive Listening: An Evaluation of Listener Indecision and Cognitive Effort

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Roche ◽  
Arkady Zgonnikov ◽  
Laura M. Morett
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cognitive Processing ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Cognitive Effort ◽  
Mouse Tracking ◽  
Computer Mouse ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
Computer Mouse Tracking ◽  
Listening Task ◽  
Processing Effort

Purpose The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the social and cognitive underpinnings of miscommunication during an interactive listening task. Method An eye and computer mouse–tracking visual-world paradigm was used to investigate how a listener's cognitive effort (local and global) and decision-making processes were affected by a speaker's use of ambiguity that led to a miscommunication. Results Experiments 1 and 2 found that an environmental cue that made a miscommunication more or less salient impacted listener language processing effort (eye-tracking). Experiment 2 also indicated that listeners may develop different processing heuristics dependent upon the speaker's use of ambiguity that led to a miscommunication, exerting a significant impact on cognition and decision making. We also found that perspective-taking effort and decision-making complexity metrics (computer mouse tracking) predict language processing effort, indicating that instances of miscommunication produced cognitive consequences of indecision, thinking, and cognitive pull. Conclusion Together, these results indicate that listeners behave both reciprocally and adaptively when miscommunications occur, but the way they respond is largely dependent upon the type of ambiguity and how often it is produced by the speaker.

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