COMMENTS

  1. Decisions

    Decision making is a human process; inasmuch as they are made under conditions of uncertainty, decisions require human judgment. Sometimes, that judgment can be based upon our "gut feeling" which ideally arises on the basis of learning from past experience. For most decisions that are simple, this "gut feeling" is adequate.

  2. (PDF) Implementing Quantitative Techniques to Improve Decision Making

    PDF | On Dec 1, 2019, Osama Abusalem and others published Implementing Quantitative Techniques to Improve Decision Making in Construction Projects: A Case Study | Find, read and cite all the ...

  3. (PDF) Quantitative Decision Making; Mathematical and Managerial

    The main study finding was that almost all the participants of the two groups gained good knowledge about the importance of the quantitative decision making techniques and the deference it makes ...

  4. Case Study Method: A Step-by-Step Guide for Business Researchers

    The authors' decision to conduct case study research with qualitative methods was based on various reasons. Firstly, the nature of problem under investigation required an in-depth exploration of the phenomenon. Exploration helped to dig deep into participants' thoughts to understand how value cocreation process was taking place.

  5. Quantitative Methods for Management

    Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days. Free shipping worldwide -. This book enables readers to understand the most relevant quantitative methods for managerial decision-making. The textbook is developed with a practical approach, reducing the theoretical information, to give full prominence to the analysis of real business problems.

  6. The Quantitative Approach to Decision Making: Methods, Purpose

    Quantitative Decision-Making. A lot of quantitative tools have been developed to aid managers in effective decision-making. These can be broadly classified into several popular groups. 1. Decision ...

  7. Quantitative Techniques in Decision-Making

    The decision to apply quantitative techniques in decision-making is itself a value judgment of sizable dimensions and is dictated by qualitative. assessment of the purposes it can serve. Purposes cannot be determined by quantitative techniques -only the means available to us for their most pro- ficient pursuit can be.

  8. Quantitative Techniques in Business, Management and Finance: A Case

    This book is especially relevant to undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers studying quantitative techniques as part of business, management and finance. It is an interdisciplinary book that covers all major topics involved at the interface between business and management on the one hand and mathematics and statistics on the other.

  9. PDF Implementing Quantitative Techniques to Improve Decision Making in

    quantitative technique is defined as a scientific approach to managerial decision making. The quantitative techniques are those mathematical, statistical, and programming techniques, which help decision makers solving managerial problems by collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and presenting the available data meaningfully [3]-[6].

  10. Studies in Quantitative Decision Making

    This edited volume is an in-depth collation of the usage of different quantitative decision making techniques in practical areas such as lean & green supply chain, reverse logistics, perishable logistics, closed loop supply chain, sustainable project management, retail management, block chain applications, optimal supplier selection problem, demand/supply modelling, forecasting under ...

  11. Awareness and use of quantitative decision-making methods in

    Industry (PSI). The European Quantitative Decision-making Special Interest Group (QDM ESIG) was formed in 2017. It is a group of statisticians from industry and academia with experience and interests in statistical methods for quantitative decision- making in drug development. The objectives of the ESIG

  12. Quantitative Techniques in Business, Management and Finance

    ABSTRACT. This book is especially relevant to undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers studying quantitative techniques as part of business, management and finance. It is an interdisciplinary book that covers all major topics involved at the interface between business and management on the one hand and mathematics and statistics on the other.

  13. PDF The Role of Quantitative Techniques in Decision Making Process

    problems and decision making have been based on research that deals with application of model or quantitative techniques. There are fundamentally four reasons why quantitative techniques are used by managers: 1. Models force managers to be explicit about objectives. 2. Models force managers to identify and record the types of decisions

  14. (PDF) Applications of Quantitative Techniques in Decision Making of

    This explains why the use of quantitative techniques is important to decision making in both public and private organisations (Verma & Sharma, 2017; Devi & Devaki, 2019; Rabab'h et al., 2019 ...

  15. Quantitative Methods and Metrics for Decision Making

    The purpose of this course is to provide students with a sound conceptual understanding of the role that Management Science plays in the decision making process. The course will be taught in an applied fashion and whenever possible the "problem scenario approach" will be used. Particular attention will be given to problems, opportunities and ...

  16. How decision makers can use quantitative approaches to guide outbreak

    2. Quantitative approaches needed for decision-making in outbreak responses. Quantitative approaches cover a large number of different aspects of working with data, including data management, visualization, statistical analysis, modelling, machine learning (ML) and geospatial analysis [6-8].Applying quantitative approaches to decision-making for outbreak responses has the potential to ...

  17. Do Your Students Know How to Analyze a Case—Really?

    Best, worst, and most likely scenarios can also be insightful. Step 5: Decision. Students propose their solution to the problem. This decision is justified based on an in-depth analysis. Explain why the recommendation made is the best fit for the criteria. Step 6: Implementation plan.

  18. An exploratory quantitative case study of critical thinking ...

    Critical thinking is a metacognitive process that, through purposeful, self-regulatory reflective judgement (i.e. including the sub-skills of analysis, evaluation and inference) and a disposition towards thinking (i.e. the extent to which an individual is inclined or willing to perform a given thinking skill), increases the chances of producing a logical conclusion to an argument or solution ...

  19. Significance of quantitative techniques in the decision making process

    In that case, they will have a significant negative influence. References [1] Djordjević, Vera. "The role of quantitative techniques in decision making process." EKONOMSKI FAKULTET NIŠ (2008): 1. [2] Murugesan, P. "Importance of quantitative techniques in managerial decisions." Department of Management Studies (2011).

  20. Quantitative Techniques of Decision Making

    The quantitative Techniques help the manager to take decisions objectively and in an efficient way. Such Techniques rely on a scientific and statistical approach to make a good decision. The six important quantitative Techniques of decision making are as follows. Linear Programming.

  21. Case Selection for Case‐Study Analysis: Qualitative and Quantitative

    While each of these techniques is normally practiced on one or several cases (the diverse, most‐similar, and most‐different methods require at least two), all may employ additional cases—with the proviso that, at some point, they will no longer offer an opportunity for in‐depth analysis and will thus no longer be "case studies" in the usual sense (Gerring 2007, ch. 2).

  22. Using Systems Thinking for Translating Evidence into Practice: A Case

    The following is a mixed-methods case study that examines how Access Community Health Network (ACCESS), a large federally qualified health center located in the Chicago metropolitan area, used a systems approach to incorporate Shared Decision Making into its practice model. Using both qualitative and quantitative methods including a survey of ACCESS staff and providers, as well as interviews ...

  23. (PDF) Implementing Quantitative Techniques to Improve Decision Making

    This research seeks to fill a gap in the body of knowledge pertaining to replacing the deterministic conception of decision making in the construction industry by the stochastic conception through evaluating the effectiveness of implementing quantitative techniques to improve decision making in construction projects by using time- and cost ...

  24. Quantitative Methods For Decision Making Using Excel

    This. quantitative methods text provides users with the tools to succeed with a teach-by-example approach, student-friendly writing style, and complete Excel 2013 integration. It is also compatible with Excel 2010 and 2007. Problem sets and cases provide realistic examples to show the relevance of the material.

  25. Quantitative Data Analysis: A Complete Guide

    Quantitative data analysis is the process of analyzing and interpreting numerical data. It helps you make sense of information by identifying patterns, trends, and relationships between variables through mathematical calculations and statistical tests. With quantitative data analysis, you turn spreadsheets of individual data points into ...

  26. A Decision-Making Model Proposal for the Use of Renewable Energy ...

    With the increasing need for energy, issues related to using energy efficiently in buildings and employing renewable energy technologies are gaining significance. The building production process is intricate, involving numerous stakeholders, multiple decisions, and a combination of qualitative and quantitative data. This process necessitates decision making based on specific requirements. The ...

  27. Buildings

    Thus, there is a pressing need for rational and quantitative green architectural design theories and techniques to guide and support decision-making for the design parameters of teaching buildings. This study, based on field surveys of 40 teaching buildings, constructs building archetypes regarding energy consumption including 28 typical values.

  28. Evaluation of food waste treatment techniques using the complex q-rung

    Food waste has received wide attention due to its hazardous environmental effects, such as soil, water, and air pollution. Evaluating food waste treatment techniques is imperative to realize environmental sustainability. This study proposes an integrated framework, the complex q-rung orthopair fuzzy-generalized TODIM (an acronym in Portuguese for interactive and multi-criteria decision-making ...