In this paper we compare two high-profile strategic policy reviews undertaken for the UK government on environmental risks: radioactive waste management and climate change. These reviews took very different forms, both in terms of analytic approach and deliberation strategy. The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change was largely an exercise in expert modelling, building, within a cost-...

In this article, we compare two high-profile strategic policy reviews undertaken for the U.K. government on environmental risks: radioactive waste management and climate change. These reviews took very different forms, both in terms of analytic approach and deliberation strategy. The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change was largely an exercise in expert modeling, building, within a c...

E-collaboration, through group support systems (GSS) and other forms of computer-mediated communication (CMC), is increasingly used in organizations. GSS and CMC technologies offer organizations new ways to communicate information and knowledge, to interact synchronously or asynchronously, and to generate ideas, make decisions and solve problems. Although a sizable body of literature has develo...

Research in shared mental models has immeasurably aided our understanding of effective teamwork and taskwork. However, little research has focused on the role that leaders play, if any, in influencing, developing and/or fostering shared mental models and thereby improving team performance. We developed an agent-based computational model based on McComb's theory of three-phase mental model devel...

work consciousness meaning to perform tasks without close supervision has three main factors: individual, work itself, and administration. individual needs, drives, motives, attitudes, and personalities interact with job- related factors such as organizational climate and meaningfullness. the result is observed behavior. administration- the third main factor- should match to other two factors b...

Web 2.0 tools offer both corporate training and online education in general the possibility of developing and applying new educational approaches. Its eminently social and participative orientation favors networking and aids the establishment of informal teaching-learning processes. This way of working and of learning can be channeled in organizations through 2.0 corporate training systems. In ...

This article argues that participant observation is more than mere method and in need of greater theoretical attention. This is particularly true for its more participative forms, which are inseparable from assumptions about the role of the body in the generation of knowledge. Drawing on fieldwork experience, parallels are noted between participative observation and the clinical practice of nur...

Dynamic modelling is a frequently used approach for solving problems in interorganizational systems. In order to construct valid models of such systems, representatives of the individual organizations must be involved in the modelling process. Current approaches of dynamic modelling use a form of 'consultative design' for handling the participation of organizational representatives. Based on fi...