South Korean Fashion designers’ decision-making process: The influence of cultural values and personal experience in the creative process

The aim of the present study was to describe variations in patient participation in decisions about care planning during the final phase of life for a group of gravely ill patients, and how the different actors’ manner of acting promotes or impedes patient participation. Thirty-seven qualitative research interviews were conducted with relatives of the patients. The patients’ participation in the decisions could be categorized into four variations: self-determination, co-determination, delegation and nonparticipation. The manner in which patients, relatives and caregivers acted differed in the respective variations; this seemed either to promote or to impede the patients’ opportunities of participating in the decision making. The possibility for participation seems to be context dependent and affected by many factors such as the dying patient’s personality, the social network, the availability of different forms of care, cultural values, and the extent to which nurses and other caregivers of the different forms of care can and want to support the wishes of the patients and relatives in the decision-making process.

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FINANCIAL DECISION MAKING AMONG YOUNG ADULTS: AN AHP APPROACH

International Journal of the Analytic Hierarchy Process ◽

10.13033/ijahp.v13i3.864 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Tamara Kaftandzieva ◽

Violeta Cvetkoska

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Young Adults ◽

Personal Experience ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Key Factors ◽

Personal Finances ◽

Financial Decision ◽

The Republic ◽

Socio Demographic Factors ◽

And Behavior

In an uncertain economic environment, the decision-making process regarding personal finances relies heavily on personal experience and behavior, and is largely influenced by a variety of psychological and socio-demographic factors. The aim of this paper is to analyze the key factors of the decision-making process regarding financial choices of the population of young adults in the Republic of North Macedonia, and to further explain young people’s motives for the proposed decision and the conditions under which the decision was made. The research was conducted through an AHP-based questionnaire that was distributed to respondents ranging in age from 18 to 35 years. According to the obtained results, the respondents value financial security the most, hence their primary choice is investment in real estate and commodities. Young adults are less inclined to invest, especially in the more complex financial instruments. The developed AHP model will help young people make better, fact-based financial choices.

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Creative Decision-Making Processes in Parametric Design

Buildings ◽

10.3390/buildings10120242 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (12) ◽

pp. 242

Author(s):

Ju Hyun Lee ◽

Michael J. Ostwald

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Creative Process ◽

Cognitive Process ◽

Protocol Analysis ◽

Parametric Design ◽

Design Stage ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Design Alternatives ◽

New Knowledge ◽

Decision Making Processes

Decision-making in design is a cognitive process wherein alternatives are generated and evaluated, potentially enabling a more creative design process. In recent years parametric design’s heightened capacity for automatically generating and evaluating options has been celebrated by researchers and designers, but it has also placed an increased emphasis on decision-making activities which have not previously been studied in this context. This paper conducts the first in-depth protocol analysis of the decision-making process (DMP) in parametric design. Using empirical data, it identifies three parametric DMPs at the conceptual design stage: (i) “conclusive” DMP, (ii) “confirmative” DMP, and (iii) “simulative” DMP. The results of this research indicate that while conclusive DMP generates and evaluates design alternatives, its “forward incrementation” approach has only limited potential for creativity. The confirmative DMP develops three creative operation loops in parametric design, suggesting it may be an important creative process. The simulative DMP simultaneously addresses divergent and convergent thinking, also indicating potential creative operations and outcomes. The identification and analysis of these DMPs contributes to developing new knowledge about the processes used in parametric design and their capacity to support creative results.

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Women in Achebe’s Novel “Things Fall Apart”

Register Journal ◽

10.18326/rgt.v3i1.37-50 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 37

Author(s):

Mundi Rahayu

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Belief System ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Chinua Achebe ◽

The Novel ◽

Postcolonial Feminism ◽

Patriarchal Culture ◽

The Social ◽

Things Fall Apart

This paper explores the image of women in Chinua Achebe novel’s Things Fall Apart. As the prominent postcolonial writer, Achebe has a vivid expression describing the social cultural values of the Ibo community in Nigeria, Africa. Analysis of the novel is done through the perspective of postcolonial feminism. Postcolonial feminism finds the relation and intersection between Postcolonialism and feminism. This interplay is interesting to observe. The findings show that in traditional patriarchal culture as in the novel, women are portrayed happy, harmonious members of the community, even when they are repeatedly beaten and barren from any say in the communal decision-making process and constantly reviled in sayings and proverbs. However some other interesting findings are that the women also have big role in the belief system of the community, and in Achebe’s novel he made it an amusement, for example by punishing Okonkwo because of his beating to his wife in the sacred time. Keywords: Postcolonial Feminism; Traditional Patriarchal Culture; Community

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Systemic Conservatism in North American Organizations

Organization Studies ◽

10.1177/017084069001100305 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 413-433

Author(s):

Barbara Wake Carroll

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Cultural Values ◽

The United States ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Organizational Decision Making ◽

Rational Models ◽

And Performance ◽

Conservative Values ◽

And Function ◽

The Impact

Rational theories of organizational decision-making have shown that organiza tional outcomes and performance reflect a mixture of behavioural, structural and contextual factors, such as the goals of managers, the size and function of the organization, and the condition of the external environment. Critiques of this model suggest that non-rational factors such as national or systemic cultural values also affect the decision-making process. This article treats Canada and the United States as similar systems that differ in the degree to which their cultures embody conservative values. The author hypothesizes that the expenditure pat terns of organizations in the two countries will reflect this variation in systemic conservatism, and tests this expectation against data from a longitudinal sample of firms from three industries in each of the two countries. The analysis suggests that the impact and relative importance of the factors included in rational models of decision-making differ in Canada and the U.S. in ways that are consistent with the systemic conservatism hypothesis.

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The Act of Improvisation within the work of Tacita Dean

Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation ◽

10.21083/csieci.v8i2.2123 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Andrew Sneddon

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Creative Process ◽

Critical Analysis ◽

Visual Art ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Art Practice ◽

The Relationship ◽

Diamond Ring

This paper sets out to explore the practice of Tacita Dean and in particular the exhibition project, 'An Aside', 2005 in order to fully examine the notion of improvisation within visual art practice. Through this exhibition, Dean draws together a number of other artists that at first seem unrelated and made up of diverse objects in a deceptively provocative exhibition. By conducting a critical analysis of Dean's practice and considering her welcoming of chance, contingency, and chaos, the paper will develop a new understanding and awareness of how sagacity (defined here as "sage-like," or to have the wisdom to recognise something complex) and improvisation co-habit the creative process. By considering Dean's breadth of practice as a case study, we are provided with a number of projects that have initially 'failed,' presenting the artist with an opportunity to improvise. By bringing together 'Prisoner Pairs' (2008), 'Banewl' (1999) and 'Diamond Ring' (2002), Dean demonstrates the creative impulse and ability to respond to serendipitous discoveries and to allow the unimaginable. The paper considers the role of sagacity and its ability to be used as a framing device through which the decision-making process of the artist is revealed. Serendipity also appears to have a bearing on the artist's ability to improvise. As Dean has said, "uninvited disappointments which are unbelievably painful at the time become productive in hindsight." Finally, the paper will consider the relationship between sagacity, improvisation, serendipity, and the temporal, which is also a component within the case studies.

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Communication Tools in the Customer's Journey

Exploring the Power of Electronic Word-of-Mouth in the Services Industry - Advances in Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, and E-Services ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-8575-6.ch016 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 288-316

Author(s):

Mónica M. Ferreira ◽

Sandra Maria Correia Loureiro ◽

Helia Gonçalves Pereira

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Personal Experience ◽

New Technologies ◽

Digital Communications ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Communication Tools ◽

Consumer Decision ◽

Tourism Sector ◽

The Impact ◽

Other Consumers

There are several paths in marketing to communicate with the consumers. More creative ways are reaching to the market increasing the fascia and trying to overcome customers' demands. Consumers have changed and are now more informed, demanding, and empowered. They are talking with brands and about them with other consumers but also about their personal experience, which means that the impact of the communication between them has evolved in massive terms. The new trends in digital communications has brought profound changes to the tourism sector. Tourists are now more critical in their decision-making process. The increasing access to new technologies by individuals has made travel research and planning easier, placing the stakeholders in a permanent challenge to meet the consumer's needs. In this respect, some points come out: are the new means of communications fundamental determinants in the consumer decision purchase in tourism products? Will companies beneficial to start including this new means as communication tools? Should they be incorporated in their communication plans?

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The hospitality franchise purchase decision making process

International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management ◽

10.1108/ijchm-08-2014-0399 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 28 (5) ◽

pp. 1009-1025 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ruth M.W. Yeung ◽

Maureen Brookes ◽

Levent Altinay

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Cultural Values ◽

National Culture ◽

Cultural Context ◽

Purchase Decision ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Content Type ◽

Post Purchase ◽

Depth Interviews

Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore the hospitality franchise purchase decision-making process undertaken by franchisees in Macau as an emerging tourism destination and the role of national culture on purchasing a franchise brand and selecting a potential franchisor. Design/methodology/approach Semi-structured in-depth interviews with 18 franchisees in Macau, who purchased international and domestic hospitality franchise brands, were conducted to understand the feelings, attitudes and motivation of franchisees toward purchasing a hospitality franchise. Findings The study reveals that national culture can play an important role in franchisees’ decision-making process. Personal networks of friends and family (guanxi) are very influential in introducing and steering aspiring entrepreneurs toward franchising as an option to realize their ambitions, although there may be some limitations to franchisees with this approach. Guanxi was also found to be particularly relevant during negotiations and franchisees’ post-purchase reviews. Practical implications International franchisors should understand the importance of guanxi at different stages of the franchisees’ decision-making process. Franchisees should realize how a reliance on guanxi might negatively affect their efforts to undertake sufficient research to thoroughly evaluate the franchisor offer before contract signature. Originality/value A comprehensive hospitality franchisee decision-making purchase framework is developed, which includes the cultural context and cultural values. Guanxi, in particular, affects the franchisee decision-making process.

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Women in Achebe’s Novel “Things Fall Apart”

Register Journal ◽

10.18326/rgt.v3i1.440 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mundi Rahayu

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Cultural Values ◽

Belief System ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Chinua Achebe ◽

The Novel ◽

Postcolonial Feminism ◽

Patriarchal Culture ◽

The Social ◽

Things Fall Apart

This paper explores the image of women in Chinua Achebe novel’s Things Fall Apart. As the prominent postcolonial writer, Achebe has a vivid expression describing the social cultural values of the Ibo community in Nigeria, Africa. Analysis of the novel is done through the perspective of postcolonial feminism. Postcolonial feminism finds the relation and intersection between Postcolonialism and feminism. This interplay is interesting to observe. The findings show that in traditional patriarchal culture as in the novel, women are portrayed happy, harmonious members of the community, even when they are repeatedly beaten and barren from any say in the communal decision-making process and constantly reviled in sayings and proverbs. However some other interesting findings are that the women also have big role in the belief system of the community, and in Achebe’s novel he made it an amusement, for example by punishing Okonkwo because of his beating to his wife in the sacred time.

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