The dominant model of decision making, rational decision making, is increasingly challenged by research on intuitive decision making and emotion. This article contributes to the debate by articulating a model of how rational decision making, intuitive decision making, and emotion influence each other: the critical decision vortex. The critical decision vortex emerges from a discussion between a...

Despite the awareness that effective management of the climate in which service employees operate is a necessary condition for the development of favorable customer service evaluations and the generation of service revenues, little research exists that includes this knowledge in decision making models. By combining existing knowledge on service management with mathematical rigor, this study dev...

Two important characteristics of the AAA should be apparent from the most casual appraisal: First, each branch-point-question calls on the clinician to apply his or her own experience and judgment, and second, the true role of the AAA is to help guide entrance into the American Society of Anesthesiologist’s Difficult Airway Algorithm (ASA-DAA). This calls attention to the misnomer of the ASA-DA...

Risk management comprises four discrete (but related) types of concern: “compensatory” and “prospective” anticipatory management, preparedness and disaster response activities. Preparedness and response strategies are still generally dominant concerns for disaster organizations. Anticipatory risk reduction is far from being generalized and has low social and political saliency. In the present p...

background: one of the main goals of nursing education is training them to provide proper medical services to patients as well as healthy people in the community and health centers using their knowledge and specific skills. this service requires nurses’ critical thinking and effective learning. the purpose of this study was to determine the impact of critical thinking skills on decision making ...

The article discusses a new decision support process for forestry pest management. Over the past few years, DSS have been introduced for forestry pest management, providing forest growers with advice in areas such as selecting the most suitable pesticide and relevant treatment. Most of the initiatives process knowledge from various domains for providing support for specific decision making prob...

information accompanied with the technology supporting it is valuable asset in many organizations. as organizations are highly depended on it, implementing it effective governance is necessary for them. it governance areas affecting business are strategic alignment, risk management, performance management, resource management and providing value.  successful performances need a mix of structure...

Individual airway management is mandatory in patients with large goiters undergoing thyroid surgery. Preoperative endoscopic airway evaluation and imaging studies can support clinical decision making. Awake tracheotomy can be an effective and reasonable airway management strategy in such patients.