Robin Gregory, Lee Failing, Michael Harstone, Graham Long, Tim McDaniels, Dan Ohlson

Structured Decision Making

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book is about the creative and messy process of making environmental management decisions. The approach we describe is called Structured Decision Making, a distinctly pragmatic label given to ways for helping individuals and groups think through tough multidimensional choices characterized by uncertain science, diverse stakeholders, and difficult tradeoffs. This is the everyday reality of environmental management, yet many important decisions currently are made on an ad hoc basis that lacks a solid value-based foundation, ignores key information, and results in selection of an inferior alternative. Making progress - in a way that is rigorous, inclusive, defensible and transparent - requires combining analytical methods drawn from the decision sciences and applied ecology with deliberative insights from cognitive psychology, facilitation and negotiation. The authors review key methods and discuss case-study examples based in our experiences in communities, boardrooms, and stakeholder meetings. The goal of this book is to lay out a compelling guide that will change how you think about making environmental decisions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 685g
• ISBN-13: 9781444333428
• ISBN-10: 1444333429
• Artikelnr.: 34981129

Autorenporträt

Robin Gregory, Senior Researcher, Decision Research Lee Failing, Principal, Compass Resource Management Michael Harstone, Principal, Compass Resource Management Graham Long, Principal, Compass Resource Management Tim McDaniels, University of British Columbia Dan Ohlson, Principal, Compass Resource Management

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword vii Preface ix 1 Structuring Environmental Management Choices 1 2
Foundations of Structured Decision Making 21 3 Decision Sketching 47 4
Understanding Objectives 69 5 Identifying Performance Measures 93 6
Incorporating Uncertainty 122 7 Creating Alternatives 150 8 Characterizing
Consequences 173 9 Making Trade-Offs 208 10 Learning 239 11 Reality Check:
Implementation 262 12 Conclusion 282 Index 289