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The intuitive dimensions of administrative decision making / Stephen H. Davis, Patricia B. Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Stephen H. (Stephen Hunt), 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- School management and organization--Decision making.
- School management and organization.
- Intuition.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 213 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- 1 The Tyranny of Rationality 1
- Rational Traditions 1
- Rational Expectations 9
- Managing Complex Organizations: Rationality versus Reality 16
- The Limits of Rationality 23
- 2 Problem Solving and Decision Making: The Essence of Leadership 27
- What's the Problem? 28
- Not All Problems Are Created Equal 31
- Problem Framing: Developing Perspective 34
- The Nature of Complex Problem Solving 37
- Problem Solving and Decision Making: What's the Difference? 39
- Decision Categories, Types, and Contexts 42
- The Elements of Rational Decision Making 49
- The Elements of Descriptive/Naturalistic Decision Making 52
- The Role of Heuristic Thinking in Reducing Decision Complexity 57
- The Expert Decision Maker 63
- The Biased Decision Maker 64
- Decision Styles and Behaviors 67
- Barriers and Constraints 69
- 3 Understanding Intuition 75
- Intuition through the Ages: A Brief History 87
- The Need for Intuitive Decision Making 89
- Intuition and Rationality 94
- Empirical Research on Intuition 98
- 4 Understanding the Brain-Mind 103
- Brain Basics 104
- Anatomical Basics: The Structural Brain 108
- Consciousness 117
- Emotions 122
- Memory 126
- Cognition: How We Think, Learn, and Come to Know 130
- 5 Voices from the Field: A Study of Intuitive Decision Making 137
- The Survey Sample 139
- The Survey 139
- Follow-up Interviews 141
- Data Analysis 142
- Survey Results 143
- Follow-up Interviews: Methods and Structures 151
- Personality Profiles 153
- Situational Factors 156
- The Problem 156
- The Context 158
- The Decision 159
- The Outcome 159
- The Intuition 160
- The Essence of Activation 160
- The Essence of Onset 161
- The Essence of Representation 161
- The Essence of Sensation 162
- The Essence of Effect 162
- Rationality and Intuition 163
- Idiographic Aspects of the Intuitive Experience 164
- Developing Intuition 166
- 6 Tying It All Together: Using Intuition for Better Decision Making 169
- Developing the Intuitive Decision Maker 175
- Recommendations for Further Research 186
- Appendix AIM Survey 189.
- Notes:
- "A ScarecrowEducation book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-202) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0810846195
- OCLC:
- 50510738
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