Management Theories and Strategic Practices for Decision Making

Management Theories and Strategic Practices for Decision Making

Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 470

ISBN13: 9781466624733|ISBN10: 1466624736|EISBN13: 9781466624740

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2473-3

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There is an immense amount of information to be considered when attempting to solve complex strategic problems. To recognize the complexity of this process, the creation of tools and techniques are essential to aid decision makers in developing a rational model for strategy evaluation.

Management Theories and Strategic Practices for Decision Making brings together a collection of research aiming to provide communication for the management of new methodologies to solve strategic problems and applying decision making approaches. This reference is useful for government agencies, practicing managers, academic and research institutions interested in bringing together strategic decision-making and decision sciences.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Editorial Advisory Board

Preface

Chapters

Strategic Decision Support Systems and Data Management

Chapter 1

A Decision Support Architecture for Maritime Operations Exploiting Multiple METOC Centres and Uncertainty (pages 1-23)

Raffaele Grasso, Marco Cococcioni, Michel Rixen, Alberto Baldacci

Maritime operations are affected significantly by meteorological and oceanographic (METOC) conditions. The availability of multiple METOC centres able to deliver more accurate forecasts in the near future (2/3 days) is a promising...

Chapter 2

Searching for Pareto-Optimal Settlements in Negotiations: The Extreme Payoffs Method (pages 24-39)

Joao S. Neves, Behnam Nakhai

Decision-making analysts are generally familiar with the maximin and minimax criteria used in the selection of alternative courses of action when payoffs depend on different states of nature. This paper applies these criteria to the...

Chapter 3

Strategic Diffusion of Information and Preference Manipulation (pages 40-58)

Debora Di Caprio, Francisco J. Santos-Arteaga

This paper bridges the existing gap between the empirical consumer choice literature and the theoretical structures built to account for information manipulation between a sender and a decision maker. The authors define a theoretical...

Chapter 4

Determination of the Number of Clusters in a Data Set: A Stopping Rule × Clustering Algorithm Comparison (pages 59-73)

Derrick S. Boone

The accuracy of “stopping rules” for determining the number of clusters in a data set is examined as a function of the underlying clustering algorithm being used. Using a Monte Carlo study, various stopping rules, used in conjunction...

Chapter 5

The Application of Data Mining to Evaluate the Cost-Effectiveness of Alternative Treatment Modalities in a National Medicare Database (pages 74-88)

Phoebe D. Sharkey, Wesley Hsu, Sachin Batra, Daniele Rigamonti

This paper reports on a case study applying data mining techniques to large Medicare claims databases to discover insights related to the comparative cost effectiveness of two alternative treatment modalities for treating brain...

Applied Strategic Decision Support Systems

Chapter 6

Third Party Logistics: Key Success Factors and Growth Strategies (pages 90-116)

Omprakash K. Gupta, S. Samar Ali, Rameshwar Dubey

Third party logistics (3PL) has been gaining importance in most places in the world. In India the implementation of 3PL practices has made its beginning and it is emerging as one of the fastest growing sectors. It is still a...

Chapter 7

Maintenance Strategy Evaluation Using ANP and Goal Programming (pages 117-138)

Sarojini Jajimoggala, V. V. S. Kesava Rao, Beela Satyanarayana

An optimal maintenance strategy mix is necessary for increasing availability and reliability levels of production facilities without significantly increasing operational costs. The selection of maintenance strategies is a typical...

Chapter 8

Backward and Forward Linkages in Chinese Steel Industry Using Input Output Analysis (pages 139-158)

Lafang Wang, Rui Xie, Jun Liu

This paper measures the direct and indirect contribution made by iron and steel industry in the economy of China and assess the differences between China and other steel producing countries. With this aim in view, the input-output...

Chapter 9

Technical Note The South Eastern and Chatham Railways Managing Committee: A Case for Vertically-Integrated Regional Duopolies? (pages 159-168)

Jörg Schimmelpfennig

In 1898, two railways serving the south-east of England agreed to be managed by a joint committee. This paper finds clear statistical evidence of the negative impact this had on total economic costs, including opportunity costs of...

Strategic Inventory Management

Chapter 10

Pricing and Replenishment Policies for Imperfect Quality Deteriorating Items under Inflation and Permissible Delay in Payments (pages 170-185)

Chandra K. Jaggi, Satish K. Goel, Mandeep Mittal

Usually it is assumed that all items in a lot are of good quality, but in reality this assumption may not always be pertinent. Thus, the inspection of lots becomes essential in almost all organizations. Moreover, its role becomes...

Chapter 11

Optimal Ordering Strategy of a Replenishment Policy for Deteriorating Items under Retailer’s Partial Trade Credit Policy (pages 186-202)

Gour Chandra Mahata, Puspita Mahata

This paper investigates the economic order quantity inventory model for a retailer under two levels of trade credit to reflect the supply chain management situation. It is assumed that the retailer maintains a powerful position and...

Chapter 12

Explaining Involuntary Spinoffs from Teams (pages 203-224)

T. V. S. Ramamohan Rao

A firm consists of different teams with each of them producing a separate product (which may be related to other products of the firm). In turn, each team has individuals of different talents (though some talents may be substitutable...

Chapter 13

Fuzzy Economic Production Quantity Model for Weibull Deteriorating Items with Ramp Type of Demand (pages 225-261)

M. Valliathal, R. Uthayakumar

This paper discusses an Economic Production Quantity model for Weibull deteriorating items over an infinite time horizon under fuzzy environment. Fuzziness is introduced by allowing the cost components such as setup cost, production...

Chapter 14

Retailer’s Ordering Policy in a Supply Chain when Demand is Price and Credit Period Dependent (pages 262-277)

Chandra K. Jaggi, Amrina Kausar

Trade credit is a well established promotional tool in the present competitive world and its impact on demand cannot be ignored. Businesses often use trade credit to increase their market share and, in turn, the profit. Undoubtedly...

Strategic Process Management

Chapter 15

Optimal Thresholds of an Infinite Buffer Discrete-Time Two-Server System with Triadic Policy (pages 279-293)

Veena Goswami, G. B. Mund

This paper analyzes a discrete-time infinite-buffer Geo/Geo/2 queue, in which the number of servers can be adjusted depending on the number of customers in the system one at a time at arrival or at service completion epoch....

Chapter 16

Two-Facility Location Problem with Infinite Retrial Queue (pages 294-310)

Ebrahim Teimoury, Mohammad Modarres Yazdi, Iman Ghaleh Khondabi, Mahdi Fathi

This paper analyzes a two-facility location problem under demand uncertainty. The maximum server for the ith facility is It is assumed that primary service demand arrivals for the ith facility follow a Poisson process. Each customer...

Chapter 17

A Logit Model for Budget Allocation Subject to Multi Budget Sources (pages 311-327)

Saeed A. Bagloee, Christopher G. Reddick

In a complex and extended system such as a government, the proper allocation of the budget to its sub-entities is always a major challenge. As such for cases like governments, a situation in which multiple budget sources with...

Strategic Supply Chain Management

Chapter 18

Mapping the Critical Links between Supply Chain Evaluation System and Supply Chain Integration Sustainability: An Empirical Study (pages 329-352)

Abirami Radhakrishnan, Dessa David, Douglas Hales, V. Sri Sridharan

Supply Chain Integration is widely advocated as an important factor to attain superior supply chain performance. While firms are able to achieve integration, they find it hard to sustain integration. In this paper, the authors argue...

Chapter 19

Cost Framework for Evaluation of Information Technology Alternatives in Supply Chain (pages 353-372)

Jagdish Pathak, Navneet Vidyarthi

Organizations are often facing the problem of determining the degree of investment in building information links with their suppliers and buyers to reduce costs, lead times, and quality problems, improve timely customized delivery...

Chapter 20

Effectiveness of Inter-Organizational Systems in Global Manufacturing: Evidence from Industrial Cases in Taiwan (pages 373-389)

Jun-Der Leu, Yu-Tsung Huang, Li-Ting Huang

Enterprise Information Systems, such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, have been applied to integrate business processes within a global manufacturing enterprise. Recently, the inter-organizational systems are applied to...

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