scholarly journals Disaster Management and Mitigation Instruments Used in Brazil in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Exacta ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabiana Santos Lima ◽  
Andréa Cristina Trierweiller ◽  
Maria José Galeno de Souza Oliveira ◽  
Maira Cola ◽  
Felipe Eugênio Kich Gontijo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
South America ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Process Tracing ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Brazilian Government ◽  
First Case ◽  
Quality Decision ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Tracing Method

The seriousness and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic required high quality decision-making and quick, positive actions by different levels of government in Brazil and in other countries. The question is: How did the Brazilian government respond to the crisis caused by COVID-19 pandemic? We explored the theoretical context of the pandemic by using the Sendai framework, to analyze the quantitative aspects of the disease. The analysis was performed as an analytical, descriptive, and systematic study, using bibliographic research covering the period from Jan. 2020 to Apr. 2021. We used the process-tracing method. Brazil reported the first case of COVID-19 in South America, on Feb. 26. Since then, there has been an accelerated spread of the disease in South America. The Brazilian government’s responses to the pandemic were characterized by intergovernmental incoordination, caused by the lack of leadership from the federal government, resulting in increased losses in human lives.

The post-normal sciences of precaution

2005 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 11-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Ravetz
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Corporate Control ◽  
Applied Science ◽  
Normal Science ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Puzzle Solving ◽  
Peer Community ◽  
Quality Decision

After centuries of optimism, science has become problematic and compromised. We can no longer assume that innovations are safe until proven dangerous. The ‘technocratic’ approach to science, with its reductionist methodology and its corporate control, is no longer appropriate. We need a ‘precautionary’ science that will be ‘post-normal’ in character. For this, we contrast ‘applied science,’ like the ‘puzzle-solving’ of Kuhn's ‘normal science’ and the ‘professional consultancy’ like the practice of the surgeon or engineer. Rather, we have a situation where ‘facts are uncertain, values in dispute, stakes high, and decisions urgent.’ For high-quality decision-making, we need an ‘extended peer community’ who will bring their ‘extended facts’ to the dialogue. There are a number of initiatives that advance the post-normal programme, including the endeavours of Poul Harremoës and the conference on Uncertainty and Precaution in Environmental Management.

scholarly journals Analysis of Tactical, Decisional and Executional Behaviour According to the Level of Expertise in Squash

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 227-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Catalán-Eslava ◽  
Sixto González-Víllora ◽  
Juan C. Pastor-Vicedo ◽  
Onofre R. Contreras-Jordán
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Performance Evaluation ◽  
Athletic Performance ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Correct Decision ◽  
Evaluation Tool ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Provincial Level ◽  
Four Levels ◽  
Different Levels

Abstract The objective of this study was to analyse the differences in tactical principles, decision-making and execution of the return shot and drop shot of squash players at different levels of proficiency. The sample was composed of 80 players, divided into four levels of expertise (first national category, second national category, autonomous regional level and provincial level). The Squash Performance Evaluation Tool was used for recording the level of decision-making and execution. The results revealed that reading of the context of the game improved as the level of the player’s expertise of both the return shot and the drop shot increased. The correlation between correct decision-making and better quality execution for both the return shot and the drop shot in squash also improved with the player’s level of expertise. According to these results, improvements in situational tactical principles and the application of tactical principles, correct decision-making and high-quality execution are essential to develop the athletic performance level among squash players.

scholarly journals Covid-19: Back to Classes in Brazil From a Bioecological Perspective

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Abad ◽  
Thaís Marques Abad
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
South America ◽  
Psychosocial Factors ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Female Leaders ◽  
National Guidelines ◽  
Administrative Management ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
Physical And Psychological Health ◽  
Different Levels

South America has become the new epicenter of the coronavirus, especially in Brazil where the disease continues to spread exponentially across the country. This text aims to analyze the psychosocial factors of Covid-19 on back to school strategies in Brazil from a bioecological perspective. At the microsystem level, the population is experiencing different levels of stress and fear; at the microsystem level, changes in routines, separation from family and friends, and closure of schools; and at the macrosystem level, national guidelines to control the pandemic, institutional standards on a national and international scale. Therefore, the main focus for the success of school return must be in the prevention of contagion and with physical and psychological health, and should not only consider the demands of curricula, financial or administrative management. For this reason, it is paramount that greater female representativeness is increased in decision-making levels of the meso and macrosystem, regarding the resumption of school and academic activities in the pandemic period, since the number of female leaders in decision-making, is still insufficient.

Knowledge Communication

2011 ◽  
pp. 324-335
Author(s):  
Martin J. Eppler
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Organizational Action ◽  
Effective Transfer ◽  
Quality Decision ◽  
Knowledge Communication

Communicating professional knowledge is a key activity for today’s specialized workforce. The efficient and effective transfer of experiences, insights, and know-how among different experts and decision makers is a prerequisite for high-quality decision making and coordinated, organizational action (Straub & Karahanna, 1998). Situations of such deliberate (interfunctional) knowledge transfer through interpersonal communication or group conversations (Gratton & Goshal, 2002) can be found in many business constellations, as the following typical examples illustrate:

Knowledge Communication

2010 ◽  
pp. 515-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.J. Eppler
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Professional Knowledge ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Organizational Action ◽  
Effective Transfer ◽  
Quality Decision ◽  
Knowledge Communication

Communicating professional knowledge is a key activity for today’s specialized workforce. The efficient and effective transfer of experiences, insights, and know-how among different experts and decision makers is a prerequisite for high-quality decision making and coordinated, organizational action (Straub & Karahanna, 1998). Situations of such deliberate (interfunctional) knowledge transfer through interpersonal communication or group conversations (Gratton & Goshal, 2002) can be found in many business constellations, as the following typical examples illustrate:

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