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Arizona State University Relies on BitGravity HD Video Delivery for Complex, Collaborative Decision-Making and Visualization Projects: BitGravity, Inc., provider of next-generation Content Delivery Networks CDNs for interactive broadcasting, today announced that Arizona State University ASU is relying on BitGravity's high-definition video delivery capability for the complex, collaborative decision-making and visualization projects enabled by Arizona State's Decision Theater. "Decision Theater is a dynamic environment that allows...; Tags: Arizona State University, decision-making, MARKETING, sustainability, video; Research articles 2008-10-15
Symphony Metreo and Ventana Research Present Best Practices for Bridging the Operations Management Divide Between Analysis and Decision Making: Joint Webinar Identifies the Cornerstones for Achieving Better Cross-Functional Planning and Execution Using the Right Mix of People, Process and Technology PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Symphony Metreo, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise pricing and operations management solutions, today announced a joint webinar with Ventana Research titled, "Best Practices...; Tags: analysis, decision-making, Ventana Research, webinar; Research articles 2008-09-29
New ATC System Model Tracks Variables Without Human Input: University of Texas professor Constantine Caramanis and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT are working on an air traffic decision-making system that rapidly adapts its flight recommendations without human input based on thousands of changing variables. The computer model Caramanis, lead researcher Cynthia Barnhart,...; Tags: decision-making, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Research articles 2008-09-22
FT: Carrefour has kicked off the hunt for a new chief executive, the Financial Times reported, with the European retail giant calling in headhunters to identify a successor to the embattled Jose-Luis Duran. Carrefour chose Duran for the role in 2005, but has seen its share price plummet by more than...; Tags: decision-making, Financial Times; Research articles 2008-08-09
Hormone serotonin, impulsivity linked in British study: WASHINGTON AFP — Serotonin plays a key role in regulating emotions such as aggression and impulsivity during decision making, according to British research appearing Thursday in the United States. Neurologists and psychiatrists have long linked serotonin, a hormone that transmits chemical messages between nerve cells, and social behavior, but...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, decision-making, University of Cambridge; Research articles 2008-06-05

Scientists Urge Execs to Be Choosy about Choices: The Find: The ability to make good decisions is key to management and rests on a brain function called "executive function," but psychologists warn that this decision making function is far more easily depleted than once thought. The Source: A fascinating article in Scientific American....; Tags: Workforce Management, Human Resources, Management, Recruitment & Selection, Tools & Techniques, Executive Function, Cookie, Decision, Decision-making, Job, Jessica Stillman; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Weather and the calculated risk: exploiting forecast uncertainty for operational risk management: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Air Force SMART Operations 21 (AFSO21) has prompted a fresh look at ways to improve combat capability, including enhancing the decision-making process. (1) Highly effective and efficient operations require optimal decision making in situations that involve risk of unfavorable outcomes. Such risk exists due to uncertainty in...; Tags: Air Force, decision-making, Manufacturing, SALES, SAM, U.S. Department of Defense; Research articles 2008-03-22
Key politicians switch support to Mugabe's presidential rival: BULAWAYO AFP — Two political heavyweights endorsed former minister Simba Makoni's bid for the Zimbabwean presidency Saturday -- including a serving official with the party of rival candidate President Robert Mugabe. Dumiso Dabengwa, a former home affairs minister and a member of the ruling ZANU-PF party's key decision making...; Tags: Agence France-Presse, decision-making, Zimbabwe; Research articles 2008-03-01
END-USER ORIENTED PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS IN REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY: ABSTRACT. The European Union EU is reforming its public services and suggesting Public-Private Partnerships PPPs as a solution for producing high quality and cost effective real estate service delivery. However, the use of PPP approach in real estate industries has been found to have significant constraints related to the end-users'...; Tags: decision-making, European Commission, M., NETWORKING, partnership, PPP; Research articles 2008-03-01
ENERGY-CLIMATE PACKAGE : PRESIDENCY GETS DECISION-MAKING BALL ROLLING.: On 24 January, Janez Podobnik, Slovenia's environment minister and president-in-office of the EU Council, kicked off the decision-making process on the energy-climate package presented by the European Commission the day before. He convened an informal meeting in Brussels with representatives of the next three EU Presidencies...; Tags: agreement, decision-making, delegation, environment, European Commission, European Parliament, minister, Sweden; Research articles 2008-02-07
Experts Today Reveal New Approach to Managing High Data Volumes: New IT Mindset is Required for Handling Detailed Business Information, These Experts Say PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Experts in handling business information in leading companies across America will today reveal a new IT approach to effectively managing the enormous volumes of data about their businesses. Speakers from Google, Intel,...; Tags: decision-making, International Data Corp., SOFTWARE, speaker, Strategy, Teradata; Research articles 2008-02-06
Try the Consensus Approach for More Effective Meetings: Try the Consensus Approach for More Effective MeetingsSorry..."Robert's Rules of Order"?I suppose we've all had to come face-to-face with "The Rules" in the past, and I do commend their seemingly common acceptance throughout civilized society when masses of us are forced into situations where protocol is necessary to support egalitarianism,...; Tags: Robert, Consensus Approach, decision-making, More Effective Meetings; Discussion threads 2008-06-12
Transforming resource management to support an Army at war: the Army's chief financial officer examines three priorities for best use of the nation's money: [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] All managers, in both the public and private sectors, recognize that money is an essential element for meeting institutional objectives. While it might seem a bit of a stretch, the case can be made that money is an important weapon for today's Army. General Dave Petraeus, now...; Tags: analysis, asset, decision-making, FINANCE, financial, leader, Leadership, U.S. Congress; Research articles 2007-12-22
To bomb or not to bomb? Counterinsurgency, airpower, and dynamic targeting: Editorial Abstract: Air strikes, independent from ground operations, are known as "dynamic targeting." These types of strikes have typically been counterproductive in counterinsurgency campaigns due to subsequent collateral damage, whether real or perceived. However, Major Brown asserts that commanders and planners who integrate dynamic targeting into the counterinsurgency campaign using...; Tags: Air Force, decision-making, Leadership, staff, strike; Research articles 2007-12-22
Avoid Four Deadly Traps in Decision Making: Avoid Four Deadly Traps in Decision MakingDecision making isn't all YOUIt took me a long time but I have learned how to involve others and their expertise into honestly seeing and isses not subjectively seeing them. Thats important and maybe even critical in key decisionmaking.Herea a few points that this...; Tags: decision-making; Discussion threads 2008-05-26
News: Risk-sharing must involve trustees in decision making.: Byline: Hannah Williams Benefit adjustment decisions needed for implementing risk-sharing schemes should be made by trustees, not employers, consultants have warned. The Association of Consulting Actuaries ACA recently proposed a blueprint for conditionally-indexed schemes, where annual pension earnings...; Tags: adjustment, Australian Communications Authority, Benefits, decision-making; Research articles 2007-11-26
Avoid Four Deadly Traps in Decision Making: Harvard's Howard Raiffa is the father of decision making science, so it was an honor for me to attend a 2006 workshop he presented on developing critical thinking skills. I thought about him this week with news that he won the 2008 Thomas C. Schelling Award, presented for work that...; Tags: Sean Silverthorne, Harvard, Decision-making, Management, Tools & Techniques; Blog posts 2008-05-23
Keep Emotion Out of Decision Making: Keep Emotion Out of Decision MakingPrediction Markets and Decision SupportAs noted, rivalry, time pressure and being in the spotlight can lead to decision disasters or opportunities for exploitation depending on what side of the negotiating table you are sitting on. Leveraging prediction markets as a tool for decision support...; Tags: prediction market, decision-making, decision support, acquisition decision; Discussion threads 2008-05-10
Ethical Decisions: For Leadership Only?: Ethical Decisions: For Leadership Only?Ethical Decisions: For Leadership Only?Unfortunately we have developed a generation of employees and future managers not leaders by telling them what to think education and processesrather than including how to think (rational, ethical, decision making processs). I do not want to stifle thought and initiative, we...; Tags: decision-making, leadership, Leadership only, ethical decision; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Keep Emotion Out of Decision Making: We've all had the experience of letting our emotions get the better of our actions. But in a business setting, emotional decisions can be costly -- and a quick way to lose your job. But how do you keep cool, calm, and collected in the high pressure...; Tags: Team Management, Free Trade, Decision-making, Rivalry, Spotlight, Harvard Business School, Finance, Management, Sean Silverthorne; Blog posts 2008-05-07