Using value-focused thinking in Brazil

Morais, Danielle Costa; Alencar, Luciana Hazin; Costa, Ana Paula Cabral Seixas; Keeney, Ralph L.

doi:10.1590/s0101-74382013000100005

Cited by 42 publications

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“…A number of tools and techniques can be applied to distill the relationship between means and end objectives in VFT frameworks, several of which are reviewed in Parnell et al (2013) and Kunz et al (2016). Evidence of the method's application in setting strategic objectives is rich across several domains (Keeney and McDaniels 1992, Keeney 1996, Parnell et al 1998, McDaniels and Trousdale 1999, Tan et al 1999, Yoo et al 2001, Bullock et al 2008, Morais et al 2013, Simon et al 2014, Kunz et al 2016Abuabara et al 2017. However, VFT has rarely been explicitly applied in the health space.…”

Section: An Exploratory Decision-analytic Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Setting Strategic Objectives for the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations: An Exploratory Decision Analysis Process

Gouglas

Hoyt

Peacocke

et al. 2019

INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics

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The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) was established in 2016 in response to the West African Ebola epidemic. The vision for CEPI is to develop vaccines to prevent future emerging infectious disease outbreaks from becoming humanitarian crises. Leaders from governments, foundations, industry, and civil society convened earlier that year to formulate strategic objectives to support CEPI's first business plan. We demonstrate how decision analysis can support a rational and transparent approach to strategy formulation that accounts for and ranks the preferences of multiple stakeholders in an international coalition setting. We use value-focused thinking to identify and structure objectives and we combine this with an explorative discrete-choice experiment to elicit preferences between objectives. Our findings suggest that decision-analytic methodologies can rationalize strategic objective setting in a highly complex global health research and development planning context characterized by strong stakeholder interests and conflicting priorities.

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Section: An Exploratory Decision-analytic Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Setting Strategic Objectives for the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations: An Exploratory Decision Analysis Process

Gouglas

Hoyt

Peacocke

et al. 2019

INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics

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“…It connotes proactive thinking firstly, by focusing on values and secondly, by attention to the alternatives. Keeney defends values as more fundamental to deciding on situations than the alternatives, and each identified value can be represented as an objective (Morais et al, 2013;Mondadori et al, 2014). The reactive thinking (the opposite way) is referred to as the 'alternativefocused thinking' (AFT) (Keeney, 1992(Keeney, , 1996.…”

Section: Value-focused Thinking (Vft)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…By structuring the objectives, it could be helpful for providing better understanding of a decision context (Morais et al, 2013;Almeida et al, 2014;Selart and Tvedt, 2011). VFT has been widely applied to various and diverse fields: (a) in safety performance of marine transportation (Merrick et al, 2005); (b) in prioritization of improvements in watersheds management in central Virginia (Merrick and Garcia, 2004); (c) in an electric utility in Canada (Keeney, 1992); and (d) in three environmental scenarios concerning the northeast of Brazil (water management, information technology strategic planning in a public energy company and in the disposal of plaster waste from building sites) (Morais et al, 2013). It has also been applied to study as to how cognitive factors impact the effectiveness of model-supported group decision-making among postgraduate student groups .…”

Section: Value-focused Thinking (Vft)mentioning

confidence: 99%

A systemic framework based on Soft OR approaches to support teamwork strategy: An aviation manufacturer Brazilian company case

Abuabara

Paucar‐Caceres

Belderrain

et al. 2017

Journal of the Operational Research Society

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The paper reports on the application of a combination of Operational Research (OR) approaches to a real-world case of re-designing the strategy of a department management team, in an aircraft manufacturing organization in Brazil. We combine approaches from 'Soft' OR Problem Structuring Methods in a multi-methodological framework arguing that this helps to discuss, develop and implement a new departmental strategy. The proposed framework uses elements of Soft Systems Methodology; Strategic Options Development and Analysis to understand and structure the situation; Value-Focused Thinking to define the means and objectives; and ValueFocused Brainstorming to highlight the potential solutions. We conceptualize a four-phased systemic framework linking elements of the above four 'Soft' OR approaches and apply it to a real-world case in a department where a new team leader was appointed with the specific brief to improve the departmental strategy and its performance in general. Findings suggest that combining the approaches into a framework encourages trust and participation from stakeholders which, in practice, is translated into an improved strategy for the organization. A reflection on the multi-methodological approach is proposed. Conclusions and points for further research are suggested.

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“…Clear objectives are very useful, but how should they be developed? The process requires the use of significant creativity in discussions with decision makers and individuals concerned about the decision [15].…”

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“…Fundamental objectives concern the ends that decision makers value in a specific decision context; means objectives are methods to achieve ends. It is important to recognize that ends and means are not absolute concepts [15].…”

Section: B What You Wantmentioning

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Analysis of problem structuring methods to improve decisions in environmental planning

Cunha

Morais

2014

2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)

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This paper discusses the importance of information and knowledge of the stakeholders' expectations in the environmental planning process to improve the making of decisions. When decisions do not include all required information and/or do not properly analyze the interrelationship between them, the consequences can be disastrous. This paper presents how the Problem Structuring Method (PSM) can help in a better understanding of the problem by considering the exploration of views of the members involved, highlighting some methods, and discussing how their use can contribute to satisfactory decisions in environmental planning.

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Using value-focused thinking in Brazil

Cited by 42 publications

References 16 publications

Setting Strategic Objectives for the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations: An Exploratory Decision Analysis Process

Setting Strategic Objectives for the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations: An Exploratory Decision Analysis Process

A systemic framework based on Soft OR approaches to support teamwork strategy: An aviation manufacturer Brazilian company case

Analysis of problem structuring methods to improve decisions in environmental planning

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