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

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Mario Coccia

National Research Council of Italy (CNR)

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

Suggested Citation

Coccia, Mario, Critical Decisions for Crisis Management: An Introduction (May 3, 2021). Journal of Social and Administrative Sciences 2021, vol. 8, n.1, pp. 1-14, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3838653 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3838653

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