... a survey involving 124 Italian high-tech firms. Data were analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling. Findings Results demonstrate that knowledge management practices significantly enhance rational decision-making and reduce political behaviour but have no significant effect...

... analysis. Findings Historically, within the BS field, the interest passed from the rules to rationally govern strategic decision-making processes, to studying what causes cognitive errors, to understanding how to avoid biases and to being prepared for dramatic changes. The article also identifies six...

... in the next paragraphs. Table 1 Comparison of improvisational strategic decision-making and traditional paradigms Improvisation Rationality/Comprehensiveness Intuition Definition in our work The extent to which a TMT makes important decisions through a process that is spontaneous...

... influences of various knowledge fields on KD on the DM process within real-life business environments. Even though rational knowledge exerts a noteworthy effect on DM, its influence is exceeded by the KD, which proves that integrating emotional and spiritual knowledge in the decisional equation may become...

...Linn Marie Kolbe; Bart Bossink; Ard-Pieter de Man Purpose The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into the contingent use of rational, intuitive and political decision-making in R&D. Design/methodology/approach This research is based on a study in an R&D department...

.../methodology/approach Three experimental studies were conducted to test the effects of NIs on collective cognition, group rationality, and decision quality. Findings The first experimental study (58 groups) compared the effects of NIs on the emergence of group level cognitive structures. The results show...