Motivation: The article evaluates computer assisted decision support in the context of contemporary research on decisional thinking, outlines the potential that computers have for overcoming known limitations in this thinking and the problems that occur when some aspects of thinking are overlooked. Research approach: The article is derived from a selective review of the literature on thinking a...

In response to a weight of evidence that patients are frequently harmed as a result of their care, there have been concerted efforts to make healthcare safer, with health systems across the globe investing significant resources in policies and programmes designed to reduce adverse events. Yet, despite extensive efforts, improvements in safety have proved difficult to sustain and spread, with st...

In the fast-growing world of translation studies, many students may not receive adequate training at universities. A new multi-facetted approach is therefore needed to be applied in translator educational programs to meet the students’ needs and professional expectations. In order to describe the complex interrelations in translator education systems and propose a research framework that takes ...

While the cycle time research literature often advocates the principle of “cyclical thinking,” it also often fails to disclose important assumptions, requirements, and ramifications of the use of this tool. As a result, practitioners may encounter significant roadblocks in applying “cyclical thinking” to their cycle time reduction projects. These critical prerequisite and ensuing conditions hav...