Decision-Making under Uncertainty from the Perspective of Cognitive and Behavior

Abstract

This study aims exploring perspectives contribute to decision making under uncertainty from the public administration point of view. Literature review is used to answer the research question by collecting and analyzing academic article related to the topic, then grouping each into a table based on their similarities. Notion of uncertainty in decision making, indeed, has been elaborated since 1940s, albeit from economics and management related to customer behavior which then transferred quantitatively and transformed into models. Despite the limitation in finding appropriate article in public administration context, result of this research tells us the cognitive perspective and behavior take important contribution to decision making under uncertainty studies. They do not separated firmly since they tend to be a series task or overlapped in certain aspects.