scholarly journals La veille stratégique entre l'efficacité décisionnelle et l’optimisation de la gouvernance : Etude restreinte dans les organismes publics tunisiens

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostapha Tayeb Ben Amor ◽  
Fatma Chichti
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Frame Work ◽  
Internal Knowledge

In this article, we highlight the role of strategic watch in aperspective of decision-making efficiency for a better optimization of governance, and thiswithin the framework of a limited study on five (5) Tunisian public organisms. An exploratorystudy was carried out through five semi-structured interviews. The results revealed that theuse of watch practices is essential for internal knowledge sharing, transparency andadministrative openness. A new frame work that tends to improve the decision-making system.It also allows the decision-maker to move from a state of self-satisfaction to a situation ofacceptance of his decision by his environment in a climate of optimal governance.

scholarly journals Cancer Patients: Their Desire for Information and Participation in Treatment Decisions

1989 ◽  
Vol 82 (5) ◽  
pp. 260-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
H J Sutherland ◽  
H A Llewellyn-Thomas ◽  
G A Lockwood ◽  
D L Tritchler ◽  
J E Till
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Treatment Decisions ◽  
Autonomous Decision ◽  
Disclosure Of Information ◽  
Participation In Decision Making ◽  
Psychological Autonomy ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between cancer patients’ desire for information and their preference for participation in decision making has been examined. Approximately 77% of the 52 patients reported that they had participated in decision making to the extent that they wished, while most of the remaining 23% would have preferred an opportunity to have greater input. Although many of the patients actively sought information, a majority preferred the physician to assume the role of the primary decision maker. Ethically, the disclosure of information has been assumed to be necessary for autonomous decision making. Nevertheless, the results of this study indicate that patients may actively seek information to satisfy an as yet unidentified aspect of psychological autonomy that does not necessarily include participation in decision making.

Knowledge Management Systems Characteristics That Support Knowledge Sharing and Decision-Making Processes in Organizations

2021 ◽  
pp. 182-200
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Abdelrahman ◽  
Firas Masri ◽  
Dimitra Skoumpopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Knowledge Management Systems ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Management Decision Making

With the advent of the knowledge economy and the growing importance of knowledge societies, organizations are constantly seeking new ways of leveraging and sharing knowledge to support decision-making (DM) processes. This chapter presents an initial insight to the little-researched phenomenon of how knowledge management systems (KMSs) can facilitate knowledge sharing (KS) to support DM processes in organizations. In this chapter, authors aim to extend the existing literature of knowledge management, decision making, and knowledge sharing by proposing a new conceptual framework, namely “ECUA” (easiness, communication, unification, and analytics characteristics). In this study, 42 semi-structured interviews have been conducted. The proposed conceptual framework will benefit managers in both public and private sectors in finding new ways of leveraging and sharing knowledge to support DM processes via using KMSs. This framework can be used to explore KMSs characteristics that can support DM processes by facilitating knowledge sharing in organizations.

The role of mobile devices in 21st-century family communication

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 248-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon L. Storch ◽  
Anna V. Ortiz Juarez-Paz
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Family Communication ◽  
Extended Family ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Theory Analysis ◽  
The Past

Use of media devices has evolved over the past 10–15 years and the resulting effects on family communication are of interest for this study. Through 26 semi-structured interviews, the authors sought to understand the role mobile devices play in family communication. Qualitative grounded theory analysis was used to find themes and interpret results (Creswell, 2013). One overarching paradoxical theme emerged from these data, family connect–family disconnect. In family connect, categories of across distance, reassurances, and boundaries are shared. Within family disconnect, distractions, misunderstandings, and negative emotional responses are conveyed. Future research avenues recommended are decision making related to mobile devices based on values and morals, in-depth social media and app usage, emoji emotional responses, individuals under 18 and between 18 and 30 years old, and a network analysis of one extended family.

Investigating the Mediating Role of Knowledge Sharing on Employee Engagement

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim M. Al-Jabri
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Employee Engagement ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Mediating Role

This article proposes a research model that explores the social factors affecting knowledge sharing and employee engagement and examines the mediating role of knowledge sharing on employee engagement. Data was collected from 191 employees from a large holding company and the research model was empirically tested using partial least squares analysis. The results show that coworker congruence, organizational commitment, and participative decision-making affect knowledge sharing and employee engagement. The findings also reveal that knowledge sharing has a full mediation effect between coworker congruence and employee engagement and between decision-making and employee engagement. In addition, knowledge sharing also has a partial mediation effect between organizational commitment and employee engagement. This study is a pioneering attempt to understand the effects of social factors on knowledge sharing and employee engagement. The findings of this study will be helpful to organizations using knowledge sharing systems as mechanisms to promote knowledge sharing and employee engagement.

The Evolving Role of Superintendents in School-Based Management

1993 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 380-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jackie Kowalski ◽  
Arnold Oates
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Educational System ◽  
Leadership Characteristics ◽  
Collaborative Decision Making ◽  
School Based ◽  
School Based Management ◽  
Collaborative Decision ◽  
New Look

As school-based management and collaborative decision making are implemented in the educational system, the role of the superintendent will take on a new look. The superintendent will become a leader of leaders and a collaborative decision maker. The author explores the necessary leadership characteristics and skills of the superintendent in this new role.

Beliefs and concerns African American (AA) and white (W) patients (pts) with breast, lung, and colon cancer bring to bear on the decision to undergo chemotherapy

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (18_suppl) ◽  
pp. 9076-9076
Author(s):  
D. Smith ◽  
B. N. Polite ◽  
F. Hlubocky ◽  
S. Gehlert ◽  
C. K. Daugherty
Keyword(s):  
Lung Cancer ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Colon Cancer ◽  
African American ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Physician Trust ◽  
To Receive

9076 Background: AA have poorer stage-specific survival for breast, colon and lung cancer than whites and are also less likely to receive therapy for these cancers. This study seeks to explore the set of beliefs and concerns patients with primarily resected breast, lung, and colon cancer bring to bear on the decision to receive chemotherapy. Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted and recorded by a non-physician, African-American interviewer on patients with colon, breast, and lung cancer referred to medical oncology for chemotherapy. Grounded theory methods were used to analyze and code the interview transcripts. Results: A total of 27 interviews were conducted (17AA, 10W) including pts with breast (5), colon (6) and lung cancer (16). All but 7 of the pts were referred for adjuvant therapy. Three major themes emerged: (1) Patient versus physician control in decision making; (2) Absolute trust in one's physician versus qualified trust; (3) Major role of God in the decision making process versus a partnership or minimal role of God. In terms of decision-making, roughly equal portions of AA and W (53% vs 54%) expressed a patient centered locus of control. In the area of trust, AA were less likely to express an absolute trust in their physicians (59% vs. 80%). Finally, with respect to the role of God, AA were more likely to express a major role of God for their cancer and treatment (41% vs. 7%). Very few pts viewed the opinion or advice of family or friends as important and while many expressed concerns about the side-effects of therapy, very few identified that as being an important factor in their decision to undergo therapy. Conclusions: Issues of locus of control, physician trust and the role of God were areas identified as important in the chemotherapy decision-making process and for which variability existed among the pts interviewed. Analysis of these interviews informed the incorporation of validated measures of decision-making, physician trust, and the role of God as a locus of control in an ongoing close-coded survey of a similar cancer population. No significant financial relationships to disclose.

What parents want from doctors in end-of-life decision-making for children

2013 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 216-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Sullivan ◽  
P Monagle ◽  
L Gillam
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Semistructured Interview ◽  
End Of Life Decisions ◽  
Parental Autonomy ◽  
End Of Life Decision ◽  
Life Decision

ObjectiveEnd-of-life decision-making is difficult for everyone involved, as many studies have shown. Within this complexity, there has been little information on how parents see the role of doctors in end-of-life decision-making for children. This study aimed to examine parents’ views and experiences of end-of-life decision-making.DesignA qualitative method with a semistructured interview design was used.SettingParent participants were living in the community.ParticipantsTwenty-five bereaved parents.Main outcomesParents reported varying roles taken by doctors: being the provider of information without opinion; giving information and advice as to the decision that should be taken; and seemingly being the decision maker for the child. The majority of parents found their child's doctor enabled them to be the ultimate decision maker for their child, which was what they very clearly wanted to be, and consequently enabled them to exercise their parental autonomy. Parents found it problematic when doctors took over decision-making. A less frequently reported, yet significant role for doctors was to affirm decisions after they had been made by parents. Other important aspects of the doctor's role were to provide follow-up support and referral.ConclusionsUnderstanding the role that doctors take in end-of-life decisions, and the subsequent impact of that role from the perspective of parents can form the basis of better informed clinical practice.

scholarly journals Individuals with ventromedial frontal damage have more unstable but still fundamentally transitive preferences

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Q. Yu ◽  
Jason Dana ◽  
Joseph W. Kable
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Decision Process ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Rational Decision ◽  
Rational Choices ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Intransitive Preferences ◽  
Rational Decisions

AbstractThough the ventromedial frontal lobes (VMF) are clearly important for decision-making, the precise causal role of the VMF in the decision process has still not yet fully been established. Previous studies have suggested that individuals with VMF damage violate a hallmark axiom of rational decisions by having intransitive preferences (i.e., preferring A to B, B to C, but C to A), as these individuals are more likely to make cyclical choices (i.e., choosing C over A after previously choosing A over B and B over C). However, these prior studies cannot properly distinguish between two possibilities regarding effects of VMF damage: are individuals with VMF damage prone to choosing irrationally, or are their preferences simply more variable? We had individuals with focal VMF damage, individuals with other frontal damage, and healthy controls make repeated choices across three categories – artwork, chocolate bar brands, and gambles. Using sophisticated tests of transitivity, we find that, without exception, individuals with VMF damage made rational decisions consistent with transitive preferences, even though they more frequently exhibit choice cycles due to a greater variability in their preferences across time. That is, the VMF is necessary for having strong and reliable preferences across time and context, but not for being a rational decision maker. We conclude that VMF damage affects the noisiness with which value is assessed, but not the consistency with which value is sought.Significance statementThe VMF is a part of the brain that is thought to be one of the most important for preference-based choice. Despite this, whether it is needed to make rational choices at all is unknown. Previous studies have not discriminated between different possibilities regarding the critical necessary role that the VMF plays in value-based choice. Our study shows that individuals with VMF damage still make rational decisions consistent with what they prefer, but their choices are more variable and less reliable. That is, the VMF is important for the noisiness with which value is assessed, but not the consistency with which value is sought. This result has widespread implications for rethinking the role of VMF in decision-making.

scholarly journals FORMAL AND DAILY CARE DECISION-MAKING INVOLVEMENT IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN DEMENTIA DYADS

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S915-S915
Author(s):  
Kalisha Bonds ◽  
MinKyoung Song ◽  
Karen Lyons ◽  
Martha Driessnack
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
African American ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Final Decision ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Daily Care ◽  
Care Decision

Abstract Decision-making involvement (e.g., verbal and/or nonverbal communication) of persons with dementia (PWD) has been associated with quality of life of PWDs and their caregivers, underscores personhood, and reduces ethical dilemmas for caregivers regarding the PWD’s care. Yet, no study has explored the decision-making involvement in formal and daily care of both members of African-American dementia dyads (i.e., African-American PWDs and their African-American caregivers), limiting our understanding of how these dyads navigate decision-making during the dementia trajectory. This study took a closer look through in-depth, semi-structured interviews with African-American dementia dyads as they reflected on their decision-making surrounding formal and daily care. A pilot study of five dyadic interviews, each averaging 45 minutes, was completed. We used a combination of quantitative content analysis, decision-making matrices and I-poems created from I-statements of the dyad regarding their decision-making involvement. Decision-making matrices (i.e., diagrams of the degree of sharing, the balance of power within the dyad, and the final decision maker in formal and daily care) were constructed across interviews. The pairing of traditional analyses with the novel use of I-poems traces participants’ sense of self, ensuring their voice is retained. There was agreement within all five dyads regarding the final decision maker(s) in formal and daily care. Between dyads, daily decision-making involvement was led by African American PWDs; whereas, formal care decision-making involvement of African American PWDs varied. Findings highlight the importance of a deeper understanding of formal and daily care decision-making involvement within and between African-American dementia dyads and potential clinical implications.

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