Browsing Faculty Scholarship - McDonough School of Business by Creator "Keeney, Ralph L."

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    • Generating Objectives: Can Decision Makers Articulate What They Want? 

      Carlson, Kurt A.; Bond, Samuel D.; Keeney, Ralph L. (Informs, 2008)
      Objectives have long been considered a basis for sound decision making. This research examines the ability of decision makers to generate self-relevant objectives for consequential decisions. In three empirical studies, ...

    • Improving the Generation of Decision Objectives 

      Carlson, Kurt A.; Bond, Samuel D.; Keeney, Ralph L. (Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences, 2010-09)
      Real decision makers exhibit significant shortcomings in the generation of objectives for decisions that they face. Prior research has illustrated the magnitude of this shortcoming but not its causes. In this paper, we ...