Year: 1976
Type: dissertation
Abstract: In the business world today, the emphasis on the participative approach to management has popularized the use of group interactive meetings for decision making.Recent literature has cited a number of dysfunctional aspects in using this type of decision making.This research tests the behavioural aspects of decision analysis by experimenting with a management team which regularly uses interactive meetings for general administrative problems.First, a questionnaire was used to determine the management team's att,ltudes towards decision making by group interactive meetings.Next, a business problem was selected at randoni for the management team to solve by the Delphi technique of decision analysis.Following the implementation of the solution by Delphi analysis, a second attitude questionnaire was sent to the management team seeking their attitudes towards the decision and the Delphi technique.Managers were found to be much more favoyrable towards f el phi decision analysis than group interactive meetings.For general administrative problems, it was concluded that the Delphi technique of decision analysis is the preferable .
Source: Summit (Simon Fraser University)
Author: Roger H. Jung
Language: English
Topic: Delphi Technique in Research
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W205532846