Re-envisioning organizational complexity using a multiple perspectives model

Journal of Management & Organization ◽

10.1017/jmo.2020.39 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-17

Author(s):

Choon Bae (Paul) Yoo

Keyword(s):

Strategic Alliances ◽

Business Partnerships ◽

Multiple Perspectives ◽

Multiple Stakeholders ◽

Organizational Complexity ◽

Government Organizations ◽

Stakeholder Perspectives ◽

Decision Making Processes ◽

Effective Decision Making ◽

Perspective Model

Abstract Organizations are now more complex and require collaboration to function effectively across multiple stakeholders. Consequently, they need to be familiar with collaborative projects and participate consciously in shared processes for the accomplishment of particular goals. In order to support and strengthen business partnerships, organizations could use a model based on a multi-perspective approach, as a way of visualizing effective decision-making processes and gaining an understanding regarding how they can establish and maintain stable relationships with other organizations and strategic alliances. The benefits of the new multi-perspective model could be utilized for the collaboration of multiple stakeholders and to drive future organizational change. This study presents a case study which explores the use of a multiple perspective framework in Australian Government Organizations. The results from this study suggest that a multi-perspective model may be used to address organizational complexity through the holistic integration of stakeholder perspectives and sustained knowledge flow.

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Reflections on the Importance of Cost of Illness Analysis in Rare Diseases: A Proposal

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18031101 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 1101

Author(s):

Patrizio Armeni ◽

Marianna Cavazza ◽

Entela Xoxi ◽

Domenica Taruscio ◽

Yllka Kodra

Keyword(s):

Rare Diseases ◽

Cost Of Illness ◽

Fragile X ◽

Direct Costs ◽

Medicinal Products ◽

Novel Treatments ◽

Decision Making Processes ◽

Effective Decision ◽

Cross Country ◽

Effective Decision Making

In the field of rare diseases (RDs), the evidence standard is often lower than that required by health technology assessment (HTA) and payer authorities. In this commentary, we propose that appropriate economic evaluation for rare disease treatments should be initially informed by cost-of-illness (COI) studies conducted using a societal perspective. Such an approach contributes to improving countries’ understanding of RDs in their entirety as societal and not merely clinical, or product-specific issues. In order to exemplify how the disease burden’s distribution has changed over the last fifteen years, key COI studies for Hemophilia, Fragile X Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis, and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis are examined. Evidence shows that, besides methodological variability and cross-country differences, the disease burden’s share represented by direct costs generally grows over time as novel treatments become available. Hence, to support effective decision-making processes, it seems necessary to assess the re-allocation of the burden produced by new medicinal products, and this approach requires identifying cost drivers through COI studies with robust design and standardized methodology.

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Empathy, closeness, and distance in non-profit accountability

Accounting Auditing & Accountability Journal ◽

10.1108/aaaj-03-2014-1635 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 224-254 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Ericka Costa ◽

Caterina Pesci ◽

Michele Andreaus ◽

Emanuele Taufer

Keyword(s):

Multiple Perspectives ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Environmental Reporting ◽

Multiple Stakeholders ◽

Edith Stein ◽

Self Assessment ◽

Content Type ◽

Non Profit ◽

Level 3 ◽

Social And Environmental Reporting

Purpose Drawing on the phenomenological concepts of “empathy” and “communal emotions” developed by Edith Stein (1917, 1922), the purpose of this paper is to discuss the co-existence both of the legitimacy and accountability perspectives in voluntarily delivered social and environmental reporting (SER), based on different “levels of empathy” towards different stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach The paper adopts an interpretive research design, drawn from Stein’s concept of empathy by using a mixed-method approach. A manual content analysis was performed on 393 cooperative banks’ (CB) social and environmental reports from 2005 to 2013 in Italy, and 14 semi-structured interviews. Findings The results show that CBs voluntarily disclose information in different ways to different stakeholders. According to Stein, the phenomenological concept of empathy, and its understanding within institutions, allows us to interpret these multiple perspectives within a single social and environmental report. Therefore, when the process of acquiring knowledge in the CB–stakeholder relationship is complete and mentalised (level 3, re-enactive empathy), the SER holds high informative power, consistent with the accountability perspective; on the contrary, when this process is peripheral and perceptional (level 1, basic empathy), the SER tends to provide more self-assessment information, attempting to portray the bank in a positive light, which is consistent with the legitimacy perspective. Originality/value The concept of empathy introduced in this paper can assist in interpreting the interactions between an organisation and different stakeholders within the same social and environmental report. Moreover, the approach adopted in this paper considers different stakeholders simultaneously, thus responding to previous concerns regarding the lack of focus on multiple stakeholders.

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A Multi-criteria Approach in the Project Selection Process in Multi-Project Context

International Business Research ◽

10.5539/ibr.v14n6p125 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (6) ◽

pp. 125

Author(s):

Charles Éric Manyombé ◽

Sébastien H. Azondékon

Keyword(s):

Selection Process ◽

Selection Procedure ◽

Project Selection ◽

Project Portfolio ◽

Organizational Complexity ◽

Scarce Resources ◽

Project Environment ◽

Effective Decision ◽

Effective Decision Making

In a multi-project environment, organizational complexity refers to the difficulties that organizations often face in choosing projects to build their portfolios, since they do not aim to achieve the same strategic business objectives. It is for this reason that the project selection process requires the implementation of an effective decision-making tool when composing a project portfolio. The objective of this paper is to propose an adapted framework for a better project selection procedure inspired by the approaches of strategic relevance, profitability criteria, uncertainty, and risk analysis, the ability to dispose of scarce resources, and the determination of interdependencies between different projects. 

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Motives for International Inter-Firm Cooperation on R&D and Innovation

Quality Innovation - Advances in Information Quality and Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4769-5.ch011 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 225-246 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mónica Edwards-Schachter ◽

Elena Castro-Martínez ◽

Ignacio Fernández-De-Lucio

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Strategic Alliances ◽

Multiple Stakeholders ◽

Business Services ◽

Research Attention ◽

Theoretical Perspectives ◽

Technological Cooperation ◽

Firm Cooperation ◽

Modes Of Innovation ◽

Mixed Modes

International inter-firm cooperation for technological purposes increased substantially in the last four decades with the emergence of patterns of globalization of R&D and innovation. Motives and firms’ decision-making process to cooperate internationally are considered crucial aspects for successful inter-firm technological collaboration. This chapter reviews and summarizes the principal theoretical perspectives and trends on this issue from 1980 to 2012. Rather than focusing only on the motives of two-firm partnerships, there is a shift in literature in the last decade towards the analysis of how embedded firms are in social networks and divergence of motives related to the influence of multiple stakeholders. Furthermore, research attention paid to motives for technological cooperation is decreasing due, in part, to the decline experimented in manufacturing and R&D areas over the 1990s, the rapid increase in cross-border strategic alliances in business services, and complexities associated with the emergence of mixed modes of innovation.

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The Cyber Acumen

Analyzing Human Behavior in Cyberspace - Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-7128-5.ch011 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 192-208

Author(s):

Xiang Michelle Liu

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Cyber Attacks ◽

Decision Making Process ◽

Theoretical Frameworks ◽

Major Purpose ◽

Systematic Analysis ◽

Policies And Procedures ◽

Decision Making Processes ◽

Potential Factors ◽

Effective Decision Making

The major purpose of this chapter is to understand average user's decision-making process in cybersecurity by reviewing and integrating several major theoretical frameworks discussed and applied in decision making processes in cybersecurity. The average users are the ones who do not realize or understand when or how to perform security-critical decisions, the ones who are unmotivated to comply with company and school cybersecurity policies and procedures due to inconvenience, and the ones who do not have sufficient knowledge in cybersecurity to make sound security decisions. It is important to discuss and understand the role of such users and their behaviors based on systematic analysis so that we can identify potential factors causing “poor” security decisions and find ways to reduce the likelihood of being victims of cyber-attacks. The ultimate goal is to provide insights and make recommendations on how to foster individual's cyber acumen and cultivate a more effective decision-making process.

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A descriptive case study of effective decision-making of a local government organization in the United States of America

International Journal of Public Leadership ◽

10.1108/ijpl-12-2019-0090 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 279-297

Author(s):

Jennifer Capler

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Decision Making ◽

Local Government ◽

United States Of America ◽

The United States ◽

Content Type ◽

Government Organizations ◽

Effective Decision ◽

Effective Decision Making

PurposeThis article details a qualitative descriptive case study of affective factors of effective decision-making of one local government organization in the United States of America. The specific problem was that many elected American local government representatives lack effective decision-making strategies. This research focus indicated a lack of qualitative research on the real-world experience of factors that were taken into consideration during decision-making within American local government organizations.Design/methodology/approachUsing a local government organization in southwest Illinois, elected representatives were interviewed and observed. The interviews and observations surfaced how the representatives made decisions. Data were analyzed using manual coding and theming to determine themes and patterns.FindingsThe results produced six themes about factors, including emotional intelligence, which impacted decision-making. They are: (1) remembering the past, (2) communication and respect, (3) spurring economic growth and development, (4) fairness, (5) recognizing and removing emotions and bias and (6) accountability.Research limitations/implicationsBeing a single case study, this research is limited in generalization. The research was limited to the identification of current, real-world experience of elected local government representatives.Practical implicationsThe findings of this research can be used to create more effective decision-making practices for local government organizations of similar size.Originality/valueThis is the first study to review, in-depth, the decision-making and emotional intelligence factors of local government organizations in the United States of America. The conceptual background, discussion, implications to local government organizations, limitations and recommendations for future studies are discussed.

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Pathways to Implementation: Evidence on How Participation in Environmental Governance Impacts on Environmental Outcomes

Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory ◽

10.1093/jopart/muz034 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 383-399 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Nicolas W Jager ◽

Jens Newig ◽

Edward Challies ◽

Elisa Kochskämper

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Latent Variables ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Environmental Governance ◽

Social Outcomes ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Environmental Standard ◽

Stakeholder Perspectives ◽

Decision Making Processes ◽

Modes Of Governance

Abstract There is much enthusiasm among scholars and public administrators for participatory and collaborative modes of governance as a means to tackle contemporary environmental problems. Participatory and collaborative approaches are expected to both enhance the environmental standard of the outputs of decision-making processes and improve the implementation of these outputs. In this article, we draw on a database of 307 coded published cases of public environmental decision-making to identify key pathways via which participation fosters effective environmental governance. We develop a conceptual model of the hypothesized relationship between participation, environmental outputs, and implementation, mediated by intermediate (social) outcomes such as social learning or trust building. Testing these assumptions through structural equation modeling and exploratory factor analysis, we find a generally positive effect of participation on the environmental standard of governance outputs, in particular where communication intensity is high and where participants are delegated decision-making power. Moreover, we identify two latent variables—convergence of stakeholder perspectives and stakeholder capacity building—to mediate this relationship. Our findings point to a need for treating complex and multifaceted phenomena such as participation in a nuanced manner, and to pay attention to how particular mechanisms work to foster a range of social outcomes and to secure more environmentally effective outputs and their implementation.

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MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING (MCDM) METHODS IN ECONOMICS: AN OVERVIEW / DAUGIATIKSLIAI SPRENDIMŲ PRIĖMIMO METODAI EKONOMIKOJE: APŽVALGA

Technological and Economic Development of Economy ◽

10.3846/20294913.2011.593291 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

pp. 397-427 ◽

Cited By ~ 327

Author(s):

Edmundas Kazimieras Zavadskas ◽

Zenonas Turskis

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Multiple Criteria Decision Making ◽

Multiple Criteria ◽

Main Research ◽

Problem Situations ◽

Research Fields ◽

Research Activities ◽

Recent Developments ◽

Decision Making Processes ◽

Effective Decision Making

The main research activities in economics during the last five years have significantly increased. The main research fields are operation research and sustainable development. The philosophy of decision making in economics is to assess and select the most preferable solution, implement it and to gain the biggest profit. Preferences are used in a lot of problem situations both in individual and organizational decision making processes. A number of effective decision making methods that support decisions under conditions of multiple criteria have appeared in the last decade. This paper presents a panorama of decision making methods in economics and summarizes the most important results and applications over the last five years. This paper considers decision making in light of the recent developments of multiple criteria decision making methods (because classical methods are overviewed in a lot of earlier publications). Authors of different approaches, pioneering studies and works are presented in short. Santrauka Priimant ekonominius sprendimus pagrindinis tikslais gali būti: įvertinti tikslingas altrenatyvas, parinkti geriausią alternatyvą, įgyvendinti parinktą sprendimą ir gauti didžiausią naudą. Sprendimus gali parinkti tiek atskiri veikėjai tiek ir veikėjų grupės. Vertinamų sprendimų pasekmės įtakoja tiek sprendėjų tiek ir visuomenės poreikius. Šiame straipsnyje pateikiama sprendimų priėmimo metodų, kuriuos galima taikyti ekonomikoje, apžvalga. Straipnyje pateikiama paskutinių penkerių metų svarbiausių tyrimų apžvalga. Taip pat pristatyti populiariausių daugiatikslių sprendimų priėmimo metodų, kurie taikomi ir kuriuos galima taikyti priimant sprendimus ekonomikoje, autoriai.

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