Forest Management Decision-Making: Art or Science?

1981 ◽  
Vol 57 (5) ◽  
pp. 233-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. H. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Simulation Modeling ◽  
Forest Planning ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Creative Design ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Evaluation Techniques ◽  
Making Art

This paper describes an approach to forest management decision-making. Acknowledging both objective and subjective elements, the approach offers a methodology to encourage more creative design in forest planning. It uses the descriptive capabilities of simulation modeling in tandem with the prescriptive capabilities of graphical evaluation techniques, to facilitate the use and interpretation of technical forestry information in decision-making problems. It emphasizes a need for an overview of long-term resource behavior as a prerequisite to, and a framework for, forest planning.

Development of the Urban Environment Based on the Optimization of Management Decision-Making

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 322-327
Author(s):  
V. M. Medvedev
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Management Decisions ◽  
Environment Management ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
High Level

The presented study identifies approaches to decision-making aimed at the optimal development of the urban environment.Aim. The study aims to develop proposals for improving methodological approaches aimed at the development of the urban environment and for using these approaches in the preparation of the corresponding management decisions.Tasks. The author assesses the problem of urbanization and shows how it affects the need to modernize the urban environment; formulates the principles of optimization of management decision-making aimed at the development of the urban environment; evaluates the possibility of the practical implementation of these principles (through the example of the federal city of St. Petersburg).Methods. This study uses strategic analysis, systems and case-based approach, comparative and retrospective analysis.Results. The practical aspects of designing the processes and approaches to urban environment management are examined. The efficiency of management is shown to depend largely on the optimization of management decisions that could improve the effectiveness of individual services aimed at the formation and development of a modern urban environment in the long term. The study describes the successful experience of St. Petersburg in developing the complex of urban environment management services.Conclusions. Improving urban environment management is an important aspect of increasing the population’s quality of life. As evidenced by St. Petersburg’s experience, to achieve a high level of comfort in the urban environment it is necessary to actively use the principles of consistency, innovation, and public participation in decision-making. The author recommends normative consolidation of these principles and their more active practical application in the management of Russian cities.

scholarly journals The Validation of the Mixedwood Growth Model (MGM) for Use in Forest Management Decision Making

Forests ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Bokalo ◽  
Kenneth Stadt ◽  
Philip Comeau ◽  
Stephen Titus
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Growth Model ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Management Decision Making

Business Ethics and Stakeholder Analysis

1991 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 53-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenneth E. Goodpaster
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Natural Kinds ◽  
Stakeholder Analysis ◽  
Harvard Business Review ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Management Decision Making ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Peter Drucker

Much has been written about stakeholder analysis as a process by which to introduce ethical values into management decision-making. This paper takes a critical look at the assumptions behind this idea, in an effort to understand better the meaning of ethical management decisions.A distinction is made between stakeholder analysis and stakeholder synthesis. The two most natural kinds of stakeholder synthesis are then defined and discussed: strategic and multi-fiduciary. Paradoxically, the former appears to yield business without ethics and the latter appears to yield ethics without business. The paper concludes by suggesting that a third approach to stakeholder thinking needs to be developed, one that avoids the paradox just mentioned and that clarifies for managers (and directors) the legitimate role of ethical considerations in decision-making.So we must think through what management should be accountable for; and how and through whom its accountability can be discharged. The stockholders’ interest, both short- and long-term, is one of the areas. But it is only one.Peter Drucker, 1988Harvard Business Review

scholarly journals Pain Management Decision Making Among Long-Term Care Physicians and Nurses

2007 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 561-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Kaasalainen ◽  
Esther Coker ◽  
Lisa Dolovich ◽  
Alexandra Papaioannou ◽  
Thomas Hadjistavropoulos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Management Decision Making

Understanding the social bases of satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making in British Columbia

2010 ◽  
Vol 86 (6) ◽  
pp. 709-722 ◽  
Author(s):  
D B Tindall ◽  
H W Harshaw ◽  
S R.J. Sheppard
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Forest Management ◽  
Public Participation ◽  
General Public ◽  
Sustainable Forest Management ◽  
Management Decision ◽  
New Ecological Paradigm ◽  
Social Bases ◽  
Management Decision Making

This study draws upon the results of a survey of the general public in three communities in British Columbia to examinethe social bases of satisfaction with public participation in forest management decision-making at both the local andprovincial levels. The main findings are that those members of the general public who are relatively more biocentricallyoriented (as indicated by the NEP Scale) are less satisfied, and those who have acquaintanceship ties to people employedin the forestry sector are more satisfied. Women and those with more education were less satisfied (at the provincial level),and Vancouver residents were more satisfied (compared to Kelowna and Armstrong residents). Overall, satisfaction withpublic participation in forest management decision-making was relatively low. It was, however, slightly higher at the locallevel than at the provincial scale. Policy and research implications of this study are discussed.Key words: social networks, public participation, gender, New Ecological Paradigm, satisfaction with forest management,and sustainable forest management

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