Effectiveness of Information Use for Strategic Decision Making

2011
ISBN: 978-3-8349-3086-6
Verlag: Gabler Verlag

Buch, Englisch, 301 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 471 g

Reihe: Entrepreneurship

With a foreword by Prof. Dr. Malte Brettel

In general, effective strategic decisions are associated with a step-by-step analysis of information. However, such recommendations are detached from the realities decision makers are faced with, i.e uncertainty of a decision problem, abundance of information from various sources, as well as political behavior and personal idiosyncracies in the decision making process. Wolfgang Gänswein examines the interaction of these factors by using a broad sample of 230 decisions in a broad range of industries. The results show decision effectiveness is not only affected by uncertainty in a company’s environment but also and even more significantly by the information processing preferences of a single decision maker.

Zielgruppe

Researchers and students in the areas of organization, entrepreneurship and management
strategy consultants and decision makers

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gänswein, Wolfgang

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Forschung und Information Entscheidungstheorie, Sozialwahltheorie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Definition of Research Variables; Theoretical Premises; Sample Characteristics; Results of Direct Effect and Moderating Effects Models

Über Autor(innen)

Wolfgang Gänswein wrote this dissertation under Prof. Malte Brettel’s supervision at the WIN chair of the RWTH Aachen.