Police, soldier, firefighter in emergency: decision making method is special
Journal Title: Security Dimensions - Year 2014, Vol 12, Issue 12
Abstract
Security managers, such as police, soldier, firefighter, in many cases face special or emergency situations without any signs in advance. In these cases decision makers are under time pressure and they do not have enough time to make the traditional, analitical based decision making method. Despite the above well-known circumstances during education and trainings managers get information mostly about the theory of traditional decision making processes even if practical trainings obviously focuses on the quick responses as tactical elements. This article deals with firefighting managers, how they make their decisions mainly at tactical level and demonstrates their special decision making method to be able to understand it. An important element of the activities of security managers or emergency responders is that they cannot or only to a very limited extent can modify the terms of the task, improve them as desired. Despite the differences of environment, indications of the complexity of the situation, the possibility of the radical change in the given situation, uncertainty and ambiguity of the information available can be recognized and well identified. Author’s study reveals during intervention the most essential but limiting factor is time. This provides a framework impossible to burst and a forced drift, a pressurized channel for the decision-maker, entangled in which one can no longer break free. The above proves that in certain situations, the multi-criteria, analyzing, evaluating decision-making simply cannot be used or only in a limited manner. However, it can be seen that managers, directors or commanders are many times in situations that they simply cannot elude from their decisions; they should make them in a short time. The functional background of decisions made in a short time, their mechanism different from the conventional one was studied lately, and was given the name recognition-primed decision to this special decision procedure.<br/><br/>
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Agoston Restas
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