| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa |
London, England : , : Emerald Publishing, , [2019]
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| Descrizione fisica |
1 online resource (208 pages)
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| Disciplina |
658.4092
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| Collana |
Contributions to conflict management, peace economics and development
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| Soggetto topico |
Decision making
Leadership
Business & Economics - Decision-Making & Problem Solving
Management: leadership & motivation
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| ISBN |
1-78743-462-1
1-78743-393-5
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| Formato |
Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione |
eng
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| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- How Do Leaders Make Decisions? Evidence From The East and West, Part A -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the Editors -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgement -- Introduction: How Do Leaders Make Decisions? An Applied Decision Analysis Account -- The Rational Actor Model -- Bounded Rationality and the Cognitive School -- Elimination-by-Aspects (EBA) Decision Rule -- Lexicographic (LEX) Decision Rule -- Integrating the Rational and Cognitive Models: Poliheuristic Theory -- Applied Decision Analysis -- Summary of Articles -- Notes -- Bibliography -- The Decision Calculus of Donald Trump -- Dimensions -- Analysis: Withdrawal from TPP -- Alternatives Considered -- Analysis -- Analysis: Re-negotiating NAFTA (23/01/2017) -- Alternatives Considered -- Analysis -- Analysis: The Attack on Al Shayrat Airport, Syria (06/04/2017) -- Alternatives Considered -- Analysis -- Analysis: Approach toward NATO (17/05/2017) -- Alternatives Considered -- Analysis -- Analysis: The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process (15/02/2017) -- Alternatives Considered -- Analysis -- Analysis: Relocating the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem (01/06/2017) -- Alternatives Considered -- Analysis -- Analysis: The Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement (01/06/2017) -- Alternatives Considered -- Analysis -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Barack Obama's Foreign Policy Decision Calculus -- Introduction -- Research Question -- The Importance of this Research -- Obama - Personal Background -- Research Method -- Hypothesis -- Decision Dimensions -- Decision #1: US Policy Regarding Afghanistan in 2009 -- Alternative #1 - Immediate Retreat of the Troops -- Alternative #2 - Focusing on Rebuilding Afghanistan and Retreating in 6 Months -- Alternative #3 - Significantly Increasing the Forces and Eliminating the Taliban Regime.
Alternative #4 - Increasing the Forces Significantly and Declaring a Date of Retreat -- Analyzing the Decision Code -- After the Decision -- Decision #2: Intervening in The Libyan Civil War -- Alternative #1 - Continuing to Impose Economic Sanctions Only -- Alternative #2 - Limited Military Intervention as Part of an International Coalition -- Alternative #3 - Independent Limited Military Intervention -- Alternative #4 - Initiating an Extensive Military Operation against Libya -- Analyzing the Decision Code -- Decision Outcomes -- Decision #3 - The Civil War in Syria -- Alternative #1 - Humanitarian Military Intervention -- Alternative #2 - Providing Logistical Support to the Rebels -- Alternative #3 - Setting a "red line" on the Use of Chemical Weapons -- Alternative #4 - Diplomatic Condemnation -- Analyzing the Decision Code -- After the Decision -- Decision #4 - Response to Syria Crossing the "red line" -- Alternative #1 - Coercive Diplomacy -- Alternative #2 - Immediate Airstrike and Diplomatic Action -- Alternative #3 - Defeating Assad's Army -- Analyzing the Decision Code -- After the Decision -- Decision #5 - Signing the Joint Plan of Action with Iran -- Alternative #1 - Continuing to Put Economic Pressure and Setting an Ultimatum -- Alternative #2 - A Comprehensive Agreement in Exchange for Lifting the Sanctions -- Alternative #3 - A Nuclear Deal Only in Exchange for Easing Western Sanctions -- Analyzing the Decision Code -- After the Decision -- Decision #6 - The Response to the Annexation of Crimea by Russia -- Alternative #1 - Diplomatic Condemnation -- Alternative #2 - Symbolic Response -- Alternative #3 - Escalation of the Conflict with Russia -- Analyzing the Decision Code -- After the Decision -- Conclusion -- Recommendations for Further Research -- Bibliography -- The Decision Calculus of Benjamin Netanyahu -- Introduction.
Foreign and Security Policy during Netanyahu's Leadership of Israel -- Benjamin Netanyahu's Personality and its Impact on Foreign Policy -- Research Design -- Analysis of Netanyahu's Decisions Calculus -- April 1996 - Public Acceptance of the Oslo Accords -- October 1998 - Signing the Wye River Memorandum -- June 2009 - Bar-Ilan speech, An Agreement in Principle for the Establishment of a Palestinian State -- November 2009 - Decision to Freeze Construction in Judea and Samaria for Ten Months -- September 2010 - Non-renewal of the Construction Freeze in Judea and Samaria -- July 2013 - Resumption of Negotiations with the Palestinians -- April 2014 - The Suspension of Peace Negotiations with the Palestinians -- 2006 until Today (2015) - Lack of Responsiveness to the Saudi Initiative -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- The Decision Calculus of Winston Churchill -- Research Question -- Hypothesis -- Churchill -- Case studies -- Winston Churchill's Decision Dimensions -- Ideological Dimension. British Survival (Weight: 10) -- Political Survival Dimension (Weight: 10) -- National Security Dimension (Weight: 10) -- War Economy Dimension (Weight: 7) -- International Dimension (Weight: 9) -- Morality Dimension (Weight: 5) -- Winston Churchill's Decision Analysis -- Decision #1: Continuing to Fight Germany in May 1940 - Background -- Explanation of Alternatives -- Negotiating with Italy -- Assembling of Full 25 Ministers' Cabinet -- Convince the War Cabinet to Go to War -- Analyzing the Decision Rule -- Decision #2: Delaying the Opening of a Western Front in Normandy - Background -- Explanation of Alternatives -- Opening the Western Front Earlier (1942/1943) -- Opening a Western Front in 1944 -- Not Opening a Western Front At All -- Analyzing the Decision Rule -- Decision #3: Bombing the French Fleet in July 1940 - Background -- Explanation of Alternatives.
Leave the Fleet in French Control -- Renew the Attempts at Negotiation with France -- Open Fire on the French Fleet -- Analyzing the Decision Rule -- Decision #4: Not preventing Operation "Moonlight Sonata" - A Series of Bombing Raids on the English City of Coventry - Back... -- Explanation of Alternatives -- Bolster the Air Raid Defense over Coventry and Evacuate the City -- Secretly Evacuating the Children, Elderly, and Hospitalized Residents from the City, and Hoping that no German Officer Woul... -- Allow the German Attack on Coventry -- Analyzing the Decision Rule -- Results, Conclusions, and Further Recommendations -- Bibliography -- Leaders' Decision Calculi on Nuclear Armament and Disarmament -- Introduction -- Importance of the Research -- Research Questions -- Literature Review -- South Africa - Nuclear Project: Background -- Libya - Nuclear Project: Background -- Research Hypotheses -- Research Method -- Case Study - South Africa -- Decision Matrix - Nuclear Armament - Pieter Willem botha -- Matrix Analysis: Dimensions and Weights -- Matrix Analysis: Alternatives -- Alternative A: Beginning a Clandestine Nuclear Project -- Alternative B: Beginning a Declared Nuclear Project -- Alternative C: Do Nothing -- Findings -- Decision Matrix - Nuclear Disarmament - F. W. de Klerk -- Matrix Analysis: Dimensions and Weights -- Matrix Analysis: Alternatives -- Alternative A: Nuclear Disarmament -- Alternative B: Continue Nuclear Armament -- Alternative C: Halting Nuclear Armament -- Findings -- Case Study - Libya -- Decision Matrix - Nuclear Armament - Colonel Muammar Gaddafi -- Matrix Analysis: Dimensions and Weights -- Matrix Analysis: Alternatives -- Alternative A: Nuclear Armament -- Alternative B: No Move toward Nuclear Armament -- Findings -- Decision Matrix - Nuclear Disarmament - Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
Matrix Analysis: Dimensions and Weights -- Matrix Analysis: Alternatives -- Alternative A: Nuclear Disarmament -- Alternative B: Continue Nuclear Armament -- Alternative C: Halting Nuclear Armament -- Findings -- Conclusions -- Further Research -- Notes -- Bibliography -- The Influence of Military Background on Israeli Leaders' National Security Decision-making -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Research Hypotheses -- Research Design -- Database Build -- Dependent Variable -- Independent Variables -- Internal Pressure Variables -- Security Variables -- International Pressure Variables -- Military Experience Variable -- Research Results -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Appendix 1. Statistical Analysis -- Appendix A2. Details of Events and Database Decision Identification -- Index.
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How do leaders make decisions? : evidence from the East and West, Part A. / / edited by Alex Mintz, Dmitry Adamsky
