Critical Decisions for Crisis Management: An Introduction
Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences 2021, vol. 8, n.1, pp. 1-14
17 Pages Posted: 3 May 2021
Date Written: May 3, 2021
Abstract
In the presence of crisis, such as global COVID-19 pandemic crisis, governments have more and more take critical decisions to cope with consequential environmental threats in the presence of highly restricted time. This paper provides a simple description of techniques of decision making in different environments/conditions of crisis management and how that process is influenced by manifold social, economic and/or technical factors; ultimately it is presented how the approach of improvisation can support the process of decision-making to cope with unforeseen and new events, rapid changes, turbulent environment and/or specific situations of emergency.
Keywords: Critical Decision; Decision Making; Decision Support; Uncertainty; COVID-19; Crisis Management; Problem Solving; Bounded Rationality; Improvisation; Collaborative Decision Making; Context in Decision Making; Decision Support Systems; Managerial Decision Making; Mindful Decision Making; Sense-Making
JEL Classification: D70, D81, H10, H12, H19
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