Search for dissertations about: "Judgment and decision-making"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 35 swedish dissertations containing the words Judgment and decision-making.

  2. 21. The Good Place: Essays on Nudging

    Author : Gustav Almqvist; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Google “how to make better decisions” and you get 5 million hits. Blog posts, TED talks and self-help books that promise to improve our lives dramatically as long as we follow their easy steps towards becoming better decision makers. A popular concept within the same discourse is known as choice architecture or nudging. READ MORE

  4. 22. The Heterogeneity of Behavior in Operations Processes : Empirical Evidence

    Author : Neslihan Özlü; Fredrik Eng Larsson; Thomas Hartman; Olov Isaksson; Kai Hoberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; behavioral operations; empirical operations; heterogeneity; experience effects; ordering decisions; choice models; judgmental forecasting; operations processes; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

    Abstract : Behavioral science research has established that observed human behavior may deviate considerably from model suggestions. In addition to the realization that there is no such thing as standardized human behavior, there are also substantial differences in how people deviate from the model: Different individuals make dissimilar decisions in the same situation when using the same information. READ MORE

  5. 23. The analogy as a decision model : a study of management team members in two consulting firms

    Author : Anders Nilsson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Accounting and Control; Redovisning och styrning;

    Abstract : Decision making is often characterized as the trading-off between means and ends, facilitating a "rational choice". One central argument of this thesis is that the rational actor metaphor is over-emphasized in management theory. READ MORE

  6. 24. Overconfidence and Format Dependence in Subjective Probability Intervals: Naive Estimation and Constrained Sampling

    Author : Patrik Hansson; Peter Juslin; Carl Martin Allwood; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Psychology; Psykologi; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : A particular field in research on judgment and decision making (JDM) is concerned with realism of confidence in one’s knowledge. An interesting finding is the so-called format dependence effect which implies that assessment of the same probability distribution generates different conclusions about over- or underconfidence bias depending on the assessment format. READ MORE

  7. 25. Holistic approach in engineering design - controlling risks from accidental hazards in bridge design

    Author : Ivar Björnsson; Avdelningen för Konstruktionsteknik; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; design; codes; accidental; extreme; bridges; holistic; approach; robustness; risk; reliability; uncertainty;

    Abstract : Engineering design, in concise terms, is what engineers do using what they know. It is the underlying decision making activity that determines what is to be built and how it should be built. An ever present requirement in engineering design is that the structure should be safe. READ MORE