"This book helps environmental managers frame natural resource management problems as decisions, so that difficult choices can be expressed clearly and in a way that is defensible and fits with common sense"--

This book outlines the creative process of making environmental management decisions using the approach called Structured Decision Making. It is a short introductory guide to this popular form of decision making and is aimed at environmental managers and scientists. This is a distinctly...

The allocation of decision-making authorities may be seen as the last link in a causal relationship starting from changes in environment and continuing to business strategy. Changes in task complexity, which can be measured by the introduction of a diversi ca- tion or an outsourcing strategy,...

Die Verteilung von Aufgaben und Entscheidungsrechten kann als letztes Element einer kausalen Wirkungskette gesehen werden, die bei Veränderungen der Umweltbedingungen beginnt und sich in der Firmenstrategie fortsetzt. Ziel des Forschungsprojekts war es, empirisch zu untersuchen, welche der...