Determinants of Decision Rule Use in a Production Planning Task

• Published in: Organizational behavior and human decision processes Vol. 63; no. 2; pp. 145 - 157
• Main Authors: Davis, Fred D., Kottemann, Jeffrey E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier Inc 01.08.1995; Elsevier; Elsevier Science Publishing Company, Inc
• Series: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Decision making; Feedback; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Occupational psychology; Organization and management. Professional relation; Performance standards; Production planning; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Statistical analysis; Studies; United States > US; Human; Production planning; Decision making; Feedback regulation; Adult; Cognition; Firm management; Planning; Performance; Decision rule

A wide array of decision rules capable of significantly enhancing decision-making performance across a range of tasks has been available for many years. Unfortunately, decision makers have stubbornly resisted using them. The present research investigates factors that might encourage decision rule us...