Decision Support Systems Marek J. Druzdzel and Roger R. Flynn Decision Systems Laboratory School of Information Sciences and Intelligent Systems Program University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh‚ PA 15260 {marek‚flynn}@sis.pitt.edu http://www.sis.pitt.edu/∼dsl To appear in Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science‚ Second Edition‚ Allen Kent (ed.)‚ New York: Marcel Dekker‚ Inc.‚ 2002 1 Contents Introduction Decisions and Decision Modeling Types of Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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MAA103 & MAAP103 - Accounting for Decision Making ASSIGNMENT – TRIMESTER ONE‚ 2013 (Relates to Topic 4) Represents 20% of the assessment for this unit DUE DATE: ASSIGNMENT PLANNER VIA MIBT PORTAL AND HARDCOPY: TUESDAY 9 April‚ 2013 BY 5.00pm FINAL ASSIGNMENT VIA MIBT PORTAL AND HARDCOPY: TUESDAY 7 May‚ 2013 BY 5.00pm NOTE the following general submission points: 1. Assignment MUST be completed in groups of no more than THREE students. Students CAN NOT complete assignment with students from
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Is making a bad decision better than making no decision at all? People make decisions of varying importance every day‚ so the idea that making a bad decision is better than making no decision at all is‚ in my opinion‚ the worst case scenario that may occur. When making a decision one has various options‚ risks‚ and is influenced by his surroundings. Firstly‚ decision making involves identifying and choosing alternatives based on the values and preferences of the decision maker. Making a decision
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02971588 1 Decision making essay Decision making is important to nurses in today ’s society‚ ( Thompson et al 2002) as a number of policy and professional imperatives mean that nurses have to worry about the decisions they make and the way in which they make them. The government has produced several policy initiatives (DOH 1989‚ 1993a‚ 1993b 1913c‚1994‚ 1995‚ 1996a‚ 1996b‚1997‚ 2000‚ 2000) which have led to the creation of an evidence based health care culture ( Mulhall & Le May 1999). Thompson
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What operational changes would you recommend to Wally to improve performance? Improving lead times In order to reduce lead times‚ Obermeyer can persuade retailers to place orders ahead of time by gathering sales at an earlier time of the year‚ allowing the company to satisfy these orders. Additionally‚ they can purchase greige fabric by Obersport ahead of time in order to decrease the lead times of acquiring fabrics during high demand. They can also look into manufacturing options closer to Hong
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Compare the decision making process in the EU to that of other European Nations I am going to talk today about the processes of decision making in the EU and how it compares to that of the European nations‚ focusing mainly on western European nations such as France and Britain. I will firstly outline the processes undertaken by the EU when decision need to be made. Decisions made in the EU have a great effect on all member states‚ as such it is important that all the nations involved
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MOST OF THE DECISIONS MADE AT MEETINGS CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO GROUPTHINK. FROM WHAT YOU HAVE READ IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY‚ HOW DOES GROUPTHINK AFFECT DECISION MAKING IN AN ORGANISATION THAT YOU KNOW? DUE: 14th JUNE‚ 2013. HOW DOES GROUPTHINK AFFECT DECISION MAKING IN AN ORGANASATION. Colman(2001) in a dictionary of psychology defines groupthink as “ a collective pattern of defensive avoidance ‚ characteristic of a group decision making in organisations in which
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Integrated Management Systems: ERP – MRP Evolution… ERP philosophy has evolved from MRPII philosophy. MRPII philosophy evolved from MRP philosophy. It is important to understand the difference between each term. Effective ERP requires that integrated management processes extend horizontally across the company‚ including product development‚ sales‚ marketing‚ manufacturing‚ and finance. It must extend vertically throughout the company’s supply chain to include the acquisition of raw materials‚ suppliers
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Compensation: The Case of General Electric by Nwabueze‚ Scott‚ Horak‚ and Chhotu‚ new management came in the form of Jeffrey Immelt in 2003 and changes were made. Instead of continuing with this guaranteed payment‚ management made the long-overdue decision in regard to economic feasibility. Top leaders were seen as irreplaceable it seemed and paid as such to retain them. Alternatives were examined and it was decided that guaranteed stock options were replaced by performance based units (PSUs).
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to choose how to act: whether to believe in God or not. However‚ Pascal arrives at the conclusion that belief in the Christian God is the rational course of action‚ even if there is no evidence that He exists. Pascal’s claim is that it is better to believe that God exists because the expected value of believing that God exists is always greater than the expected value resulting from non-belief (Pascal 154). Analogously‚ Shakespeare’s Hamlet addresses a problem concerning whether and how to act.
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