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French, Simon (2008) Cynefin : repeatability, science and values. Newsletter of the European Working Group “Multi-Criteria Aid for Decisions”, Vol.3 (No.17). pp. 1-5.
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Abstract
Several years back David Snowden visited Manchester Business School and gave a seminar on knowledge management. At this he described his conceptual framework, Cynefin, which, among other things, offers a categorisation of decision contexts (Snowden 2002). At first I thought this said little if anything more than many other ways of categorising decisions, such as the strategy pyramid stemming from Simon (1960) and beyond Simon back to the prehistory of military theory: viz. strategic, tactical and operational (see Figure 3 below). However, a colleague, Carmen Niculae, had more insight and working with her and others, I have since come to realise its power in articulating discussions of decision making and decision support. In this little note, I want to explore the ideas underlying Cynefin and their import for thinking about values and how these enter into decision making in different contexts. There is nothing dramatic in anything I shall say. Many of you – most? all? – will have reached similar conclusions, but I have enjoyed thinking through these ideas and perhaps David Snowden will take this as a small apology for my initial dismissal of his ideas.
Item Type: | Journal Item | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Statistics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Knowledge management, Decision making, Decision support systems | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Newsletter of the European Working Group “Multi-Criteria Aid for Decisions” | ||||
Official Date: | 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.3 | ||||
Number: | No.17 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-5 | ||||
Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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