scholarly journals A Literature Review of the Concepts of Resilience and Sustainability in Group Decision-Making

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2602
Author(s):  
Ali Aghazadeh Ardebili ◽  
Elio Padoano
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Screening Process ◽  
Implementation Phase ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Limit Problems ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Key Resources

The most critical decisions usually involve several decision makers with different roles and opportunities to commit key resources. Several group decision-making (GDM) approaches can support the identification of a joint or compromise decision in less conflicting settings, where there is a group of subjects (e.g’, partners) who pursue a common overall objective. However, considering the uncertainty in future events and complexity of modern-day systems, decision processes do not always produce beneficial results or give the participants a positive perception of their role in the process. Group decision-making should then take into consideration some aspects that might insure future resilience and sustainability, particularly the achievement of the objectives in view of future risks and the transparency and participation that are needed to limit problems in the implementation phase of the decision. The literature survey presented in this study identified a research gap regarding GDM. Differently from traditional GDM, which was first discussed in the early 1980s and whose body of knowledge is pretty defined, resilient and sustainable GDM (R&S GDM) is fairly new. The main objective of this study is then identifying the main attributes for supporting sustainable and resilient group decisions. To this aim, a preliminary focused systematic review was conducted to study the existing group decision-making methods in the literature and how the concepts of sustainability and resilience have been employed. After defining the search keywords and exclusion criteria for the individuation of the articles, the first screening process was carried out and the most relevant articles were selected. The last steps of the systematic review were the classification of the articles and the full paper examination to extract the main factors of R&S GDM. Seven attributes were listed as the key factors of R&S GDM. In light of those factors, a group decision process concerning an injection moulding line in Tajikistan was investigated. The case study highlighted that over self-confidence, information flow and transparency were the main reasons for faulty decisions, thus suggesting that information system and information fluidity play an important role in R&S GDM. Finally, the most important managerial implications of R&S GDM are reported.

scholarly journals A systematic review of factors influencing participation in two types of malaria prevention intervention in Southeast Asia

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Breagh Cheng ◽  
Saw Nay Htoo ◽  
Naw Pue Pue Mhote ◽  
Colleen M. Davison
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Southeast Asia ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Malaria Prevention ◽  
Southeast Asian ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Itn Use

Abstract Background Multi-pronged malaria elimination strategies are increasingly being considered for accelerating efforts against malaria transmission in Southeast Asia. Two malaria prevention interventions used in in the region are insecticide-treated bed-nets (ITNs) and mass drug administration (MDA). Universal access to ITNs is recommended and high population coverage (e.g. above 80%) is needed during MDA initiatives to maximize the impact of these interventions. However, variability in ITN use and individual MDA participation exists. This systematic review aims to provide a summary and overview of literature discussing factors influencing uptake of these two malaria control strategies in Southeast Asian countries. Methods A search of OVID Embase, OVID MEDLINE, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, OpenGrey, ProQuest, and Google Scholar was undertaken in February 2020. English-language publications with any study design using data from any of the ten member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations were eligible for inclusion. In addition, reference lists of identified articles were manually searched. Websites for relevant international agencies were also searched to identify related grey literature. Results The review identified thirty publications that met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Most discussed ITN use (n = 18) and were relevant to populations in Myanmar (n = 14). All MDA studies were published after 2016, whereas included ITN studies spanned from 1998 to 2020. Seven main themes emerged across the studies. Knowledge of malaria and attitudes towards ITNs were emphasized as key factors associated with ITN use. For MDA participation, key factors included the importance of positive attitudes towards the program, the influence of indirect costs and incentives, and the tendency for group decision-making. Conclusions As countries in Southeast Asia continue to work towards becoming malaria-free by 2030, the knowledge and attitudes of local population sub-groups should be assessed and incorporated into the planning and implementation of malaria prevention activities. The role of incentives and group decision making should also be considered particularly as they relate to MDA. There is need for ongoing involvement of health educators, the continuation of implementation research and the prioritization of community engagement efforts alongside malaria interventions in the region.

scholarly journals Family group decision‐making for children at risk of abuse or neglect: A systematic review

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tony McGinn ◽  
Paul Best ◽  
Jason Wilson ◽  
Admire Chereni ◽  
Mphatso Kamndaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Family Group ◽  
Children At Risk

scholarly journals A Group Decision Making Approach Considering Self-confidence Behaviors and Its Application in Environmental Pollution Emergency Management

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xia Liu ◽  
Yejun Xu ◽  
Yao Ge ◽  
Weike Zhang ◽  
Francisco Herrera
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Emergency Management ◽  
Group Decision Making ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
The Self ◽  
Preference Relations ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Fuzzy Preference Relations ◽  
Fuzzy Preference

Self-confidence as one of the human psychological behaviors has important influence on emergency management decision making, which has been ignored in existing methods. To fill this gap, we dedicate to design a group decision making approach considering self-confidence behaviors and apply it to the environmental pollution emergency management. In the proposed method, the self-confident fuzzy preference relations are utilized to express experts’ evaluations. This new type of preference relations allow experts to express multiple self-confidence levels when providing their evaluations, which can deal with the self-confidence of them well. To apply the proposed group decision making method to environmental pollution emergency management, a novel determination of the decision weights of experts is given combining the subjective and objective weights. The subjective weight can be directly assigned by organizer, while the objective weight is determined by the self-confidence degree of experts on their evaluations. Afterwards, by utilizing the weighted averaging operator, the individuals’ evaluations can be aggregated into a collective one. To do that, some operational laws for self-confident fuzzy preference relations are introduced. And then, a self-confidence score function is designed to get the best solution for environmental pollution emergency management. Finally, some analyses and discussions show that the proposed method is feasible and effective.

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