Cognitive reapportionment is a design concept for managers and academics alike, dealing with the allocation of decision rights and authorities in business and management processes. The predominate design paradigms of the past emphasize a static, passive role for technology in general and information technology in particular. Acts of cognition were firmly associated with the human element of the...

To get actual autonomous engines or systems, it is necessary to equip them with on-line decision-making mechanisms: computation of decisions that fit the current situation, performed in parallel with real execution. However, such a computation introduces a contradiction between requirements on the quality of the decision and on the time at which it will be delivered. This contradiction is all t...

Paramedic judgment and decision-making, not unlike much of ambulance practice, have not been the subject of systematic, sustained research. There exists a paucity of research or inquiry that examines the mechanics of human error in paramedic practice, ambulance or pre-hospital settings. Little is known of how paramedics make judgments and decisions, and how paramedics deal with risk and uncerta...

By analyzing the migration behavior and transnational residential strategies of first-generation, aging migrants from a particular Moroccan sending region, this study contributes to a conceptual critique of migration theories that identify the household as the most relevant decisionmaking unit. It highlights the role of intra-household power inequalities and conflicts in migration decisionmakin...

This is a working paper prepared by staff to the Human Subjects Subcommittee of the National Bioethics Advisory Commission (NBAC). At the request of the subcommittee, the paper attempts to set out the critical issues facing the commissioners concerning the recruitment and participation in clinical research of those who are decisionally impaired. Comments Reprinted from Research Involving Person...

The efficiency of Agile software development is directly associated with the decision-making among Agile team members. This article aimed at improving the decision-making process in Agile software development. In order to answer the research questions, we designed a mixed method approach. We identified three categories of challenges and provided related solutions of decision-making process in A...