Search for dissertations about: "decision making"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1932 swedish dissertations containing the words decision making.

2. 1. MAKING ACQUISITIONS

   Author : Michael Grant; Fredrik Nilsson; Lars Frimanson; Riikka Sarala; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; acquisition-making; acquisition organization; capital investment; decision; decision-making; intuitive expertise; management control systems; merger and acquisition; secrecy; Business Studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This thesis examines acquisition-making, that is, activities and events leading up to the completion or cancellation of an acquisition. Acquisition-making involves people, from various areas of expertise, who are managed by and organized in what in this thesis is called a professional acquisition organization (PAO). READ MORE

4. 2. Development of Elicitation Methods for Managerial Decision Support

   Author : Ari Riabacke; Love Ekenberg; Mats Danielson; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; elicitation methods; probability and utility assessment; interval estimations; Business Intelligence; prescriptive methods; risk elicitaion; decision; decision making; managerial decision making; decision making under risk; BI; decision theory; management; beslutsproblematik; tumregler; intuitivt beslutsfattande; intuition beslut; decision problem; beslutsanalys; beslutsteori; ledarskap; management; beslutsfattande; magkänsla; beslutsproblem; BI; Business Intelligence; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap;

   Abstract : Decision‐makers in organisations and businesses make numerous decisions every day, and these decisions are expected to be based on facts and carried out in a rational manner. However, most decisions are not based on precise information or careful analysis due to several reasons. People are, e.g. READ MORE

5. 3. Competence, Styles, and Quality in Everyday Decision Making

   Author : Martin Geisler; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; decision making; decision-making competence; decision-making styles; decision quality; decision outcome; social skills; time-approach;

   Abstract : This thesis had three aims. First, it explored the benefits of expanding the existing cognitively-oriented definition of individual differences in decision-making competence (i.e., measured by performance on traditional decision-making tasks) by including decision-related aspects of social skills and time-approach. READ MORE

6. 4. Post-decision Processes : Consolidation and value conflicts in decision making

   Author : Sanny Shamoun; Ola Svenson; Rob Ranyard; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Decision making; post-decision processes; differentiation and consolidation; value conflicts; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Abstract : The studies in the present thesis focus on post-decision processes using the theoretical framework of Differentiation and Consolidation Theory. This thesis consists of three studies. READ MORE

7. 5. Decision making in construction projects

   Author : Eija Meriläinen; Elina Mäkelä; Karlos Artto; Finland Esbo Aalto University; []
   Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; construction project; decision; decision making; complexity; systems thinking;

   Abstract : The thesis draws the focus to the construction project organization and the decisions that are taken to advance the project towards its purpose. Decisions are seen as thrusts towards the purpose, the client's peak in the fitness landscape, and they are taken to cross the chasm between the current and the goal state. READ MORE