scholarly journals Increasing a large petrochemical company efficiency by improvement of decision making process

2010 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 465-472
Author(s):  
Snezana Kirin ◽  
Lela Nesic
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Petrochemical Company ◽  
Rotation Procedure ◽  
Independent Decision ◽  
Shed Light

The paper shows the results of a research conducted in a large petrochemical company, in a state under transition, with the aim to "shed light" on the decision making process from the aspect of personal characteristics of the employees, in order to use the results to improve decision making process and increase company efficiency. The research was conducted by a survey, i.e. by filling out a questionnaire specially made for this purpose, in real conditions, during working hours. The sample of the respondents is representative for the goal of the research and consists of 82 employees, of all level of decision making, education, age structure, and years of service. The data has been processed by appropriate mathematical-statistical techniques: factor analysis, cluster analysis, correlation. For determining the important factors in decision making process, a type of factor analysis was used - the principal components analysis and the normalized Varimax rotation procedure. The basic hypotheses of research related to the readiness of the employees for independent decision making, readiness for risk taking, determining the level of usage of intuition, organization atmosphere, general and personal characteristics of employees, have been proved. The results of the research indicate that the process of decision making is complex one in the organization and that there is a tendency of the employees towards collective decision making, as it was used to be done. A significant result is that the employees at the managing positions are more ready for independent decision making than the employees at the executive positions. Based on the results of the research, it is possible to draft managerial and organizational measures for increasing the level of readiness for independent and individual decision making, and increase company efficiency, as well.

Impact of Moroccan Female MPs on the Decision Making Process: Challenges and Limitations

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Ghita Bousmaha
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Power Relations ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Shed Light

The notion of gender has always been a debatable issue especially when it comes to power relations. This article is an attempt to shed light on the major forms and patterns that face these female MPs to impact the decision making process in relation to males. It focuses mainly on the nature and forms these MPs can have as decision makers. To achieve this aim, we look at the effectiveness of these women in decision zones. Female MPs were interviewed especially to evaluate the outcome of a long struggle that attempts to change the pre-constructed images associated with these female effectiveness. Moroccan female members of the parliament’s impact on decision making process is mostly governed by a set of cultural and political formations; it is not a question of time or space, but mostly in how these notions have been constructed to meet special aims.

Gender and Other Factors That Influence Tourism Preferences

2019 ◽  
pp. 454-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi F. Dale
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Destination Choice ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Substantial Body ◽  
Gender And Technology ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Travel Decision ◽  
The Impact

The consumption process of travel decision making, is influenced by a number of factors and a substantial body of decision making literature in the form of the broader ‘models of consumer behaviour' has been adapted to attempt to describe this process. Existing ‘foundation models' present variables such as personal characteristics and attitudes as factors that affect the vacation decision making process, but fail to discuss the extent to which gender and technology preferences influence decisions and destination choice. Economic models are based on utility theory as a decision making framework, however, they do not allow for the other consumer oriented variables. Current models (economic or otherwise) focus on individuals and their decision making process without a combined consideration of information search and technology gendered preferences and the impact they have on choosing a destination for a vacation.

Modelling the Effects of Financial Services Advertising on Financial Product Purchase: An Empirical Validation

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 418-431
Author(s):  
Pallavi Dogra ◽  
Rishi Raj Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Celebrity Endorsement ◽  
Financial Decision Making ◽  
Perceived Reality ◽  
Financial Decision

The main aim of the study is to find the effect of the financial advertisement on the respondent’s information selection, processing and analysing it while making the financial purchase decisions. The study identified the important factors that affect the investment decision-making process and explored them by using the exploratory factor analysis. The conceptual model has been tested using the AMOS SEM software. The factor analysis identified the four important factors that are affecting the financial decision-making, that is, financial literacy, celebrity endorsement, perceived reality and entertainment. The hypothesis testing reveals that advertisement, perceived reality and entertainment are affecting the information processing and financial decision-making process, whereas financial literacy and celebrity endorsement do not have significant effects on the financial product purchase. The results are useful for the advertisers, policy makers and the financial service providers so as to increase the sale of financial products by focusing on the variables extracted by the research.

Decision-Making Process in Intermodal Transportation

2000 ◽  
Vol 1707 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios A. Tsamboulas ◽  
Seraphim Kapros
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Intermodal Transportation ◽  
Transportation Services ◽  
Cost Criterion ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Logistic Support ◽  
A Minor

A methodological framework with models is provided, which correlates behavioral and perceptual issues related to the use of intermodal transportation with the commonly used physical and economic criteria in modal choice approaches. With factor analysis, key variables and common decision patterns related to the choice of intermodal transportation are identified. Factor analysis is applied to capture the actors’ perception of the importance of variables affecting the decision-making process. With multiple regression analysis, models simulating the decision-making process are developed for actor groups, utilizing actual quantitative data of cost and performance of intermodal transportation services. Three decision patterns and the respective actor groups’ profiles are identified. The first group consists of actors who decide almost exclusively according to the cost criterion; these actors are intensive users of intermodal transportation. The second group has actors who decide according to both quality and cost criteria; using intermodal transportation by this actor group constitutes a minor portion of its total transport volumes. The third group consists of actors who are influenced in their decisions by specific logistics needs, beyond the physical transportation activity itself. The offer of third-party end-haul operations or refrigerated storage areas is an example of such services, necessitating specific logistic support. For each actor group a model is developed, which associates values of the quantitative variables affecting the decision-making process with the share of intermodal transportation in the total volume of transport handled by the group. The application of the model defines the extent to which changes in the values of relevant variables may shift a decision toward the use of intermodal transportation.

Where Governmentality Ends: Border Control Officers and Deportations of Sojourners in Israel

2011 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oded Korczyn
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The State ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Border Control ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
Shed Light

AbstractThis paper will shed light on the deportation process of visaless sojourners staying and working in Israel. I will explain how state bureaucrats, specifically border control officers of the Enforcement Unit of the Interior Ministry (in Hebrew,hamemune al bikoret hagvulot beyekhidat ha'akhifa, misrad hapnim) are able to conduct activities that cause suffering to sojourners while still viewing themselves as moral human beings, by breaking down the decision-making process into a series of dichotomic categories, by defining Zionism as a context that justifies deportation, and by governing their emotions. I claim that in Israel, state bureaucrats view sojourners as unmanageable and incorrigible. Consequently, deportation becomes a logical course of action. Such an approach, which stresses the bureaucratic aspect of national projects, enables a better understanding of how the “State” is able to perform large-scale projects that cause suffering to individuals.

scholarly journals Students’ Perspectives on Engagement, Learning, and Pedagogy: Self-Evaluations of University Students in Spain

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402092406
Author(s):  
Paulo Padilla-Petry ◽  
Jennifer A. Vadeboncoeur
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Independent Decision ◽  
The University ◽  
Pedagogical Approaches

Student engagement in higher education has been studied from different theoretical perspectives and in different countries. Current issues include both concerns regarding students’ attitudes and ambivalence and, in addition, the definition of the concept of student engagement and how various pedagogical approaches may contribute to contrasting definitions. The present study thematically analyzed self-evaluations of 46 students attending two pedagogy courses of the University of Barcelona; both courses included lectures and discussions. Special attention was given to how participants described their engagement and related it to their learning, the teacher’s pedagogy, and the course content. Different forms of engagement emerged, both with the lecture and discussion sessions of the classes, that suggest some aspects of student engagement may (a) be invisible to the teacher and (b) follow an independent decision-making process that may favor passing over learning.

scholarly journals Segmentation by motivation of tourists to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Saayman ◽  
T. Dieske
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Marketing Strategy ◽  
Decision Making Process

The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is one of South Africa’s unique attractions for national and international tourists. However, little research has been done on visitors to transfrontier parks. In addition marketers highlight the importance of understanding the reasons why people travel and who these tourists are. Therefore the aim of this article is to segment the market of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park by means of visitors’ travel motives. This was achieved by means of a survey. In the statistical analysis, 414 questionnaires were used and the survey was conducted from 2010 to 2012. The statistical analysis included a factor analysis and ANOVA. Four factors were identified through the factor analysis namely escape, education and recreation, park attributes and exploration. The latter was unique to this research since it has not been found in other studies. The ANOVA confirmed that a wide variety of variables influence the decision-making process and that the marketing strategy should focus on different methods and events to attract a greater market.

scholarly journals Public Accountability in Collaborative Governance: Lessons from Korean Community Centers

2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-173
Author(s):  
Eun Jae Ho
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Collaborative Governance ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Incentive Systems ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Community Centers ◽  
And Performance

"Even the best governance and public administration systems can fail because of lack of accountability. This paper reviews the factors likely to affect the accountability of the collaborative governance system and suggests concrete measures to ensure accountability. As an empirical case of collaborative governance, 300 Korean community centers were sampled by region and by size. Exploratory Factor Analysis was conducted to identify the determinant factors for the accountability of collaborative governance. This analysis found the following factors to be the most important in ensuring accountability in a collaborative governance system: clarity of laws and regulations, representativeness of participants, transparency and democracy in the decision-making process, and performance management and incentive systems. The analysis also found that it is necessary to conceive different performance management and incentive systems for public and civil groups."

scholarly journals PSYCHOLOGICAL PECULIARITIES OF WOMEN WITH DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PROCRASTINATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 97-106
Author(s):  
Nadiia Levus ◽  
◽  
Yustyna Lysii ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Self Blame ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
High Level ◽  
Intrinsic Motivators ◽  
Clustering Tree

The paper examines personal characteristics that may affect the propensity for procrastination of women, in particular, self-esteem, self-regulation, the ability to make and implement decisions. Cluster analysis was used for the division of the participants into groups according to the level of propensity for procrastination. The clustering took into account the indicators on the scales of the methods "Scale of general procrastination" by C. H. Lay and "Procrastination scale" by B. W. Tuckman. Based on the clustering tree and the k-means method, two clusters with high and low levels of procrastination were determined. Further differences between these groups were analyzed on the basis of comparative, correlation and factor analysis. Women prone to procrastination show lower levels of self-esteem, self-regulation and subjective control. The external locus of control is combined with a tendency to procrastinate and delay the decision-making. The internal dissatisfaction with themselves, negativism in assessing their abilities and readiness for self-blame were observed. The inability to plan one's behavior, to build realistic, detailed, hierarchical, effective plans affects the tendency to procrastinate both in everyday affairs and in decision-making. As shown by factor analysis, these participants can overcome their procrastination tendencies by increasing a positive attitude towards themselves and their abilities, as well as developing the ability to manage their arbitrary behavior during the process of setting and achieving goals. Women who are not prone to procrastination are internally motivated, tend to build adequate and constructive plans for the future, demonstrate a high level of self-regulation determined by intrinsic motivators. Programming life goals, taking into account external and internal conditions, evaluation of the results and correction of their activity play an important role in various areas of activity of this category of women. Based on comparative and factor analysis, it can be argued that self-regulation plays a key role in overcoming the desire to procrastinate and put things off.

Hypotheticals in Cognitive Psychotherapy: Creative Questions, Novel Answers, and Therapeutic Change

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cory F. Newman
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Therapeutic Process ◽  
Thought Experiments ◽  
Therapeutic Change ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Life Situation ◽  
Actual Life ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Cognitive Psychotherapy

The use of hypothetical questions as a creative therapeutic process is explored and described. Hypothetical questions start with the client’s actual life situation—in whatever way the client construes and lives it—and triggers a search for what could be. Hypotheticals are thought experiments in which the client is challenged to think beyond the usual, common obstacles and constraints of everyday life, and to imagine “what if?” in its most constructive sense. This exercise—which requires both therapist ingenuity and client open-mindedness—can shed light on the clients’ expectations, desires, motives, decision-making process, and methods of solving problems. Hypotheticals also enable clients to paint a picture of how they might be able to change the course of their lives, and to live by a more voluntary, meaningful script. Four classes of hypotheticals are reviewed, along with some representative, corresponding sets of questions.

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