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Fragmented decision-making


Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Broader Problems:
Unshared mutual responsibility
Inefficient public administration
Ineffective decision-making processes
Fragmented planning of community life
Narrower Problems:
Lack of brainstorming
Limited decision-making context
Limited decision-making context
Inadequate environmental impact assessment
Inadequate environmental impact assessment
Incomplete implementation of community decisions
Isolation of individual decision-making from context
Short-sighted decisions about intersocial interaction
Inadequacy of the committee system of decision making
Inadequacy of the committee system of decision making
Aggravates:
Frustration
Administrative delays
Unintended consequences
Undemocratic policy-making
Institutional fragmentation
Uninformed community decision making
Incomplete utilization of external relations
Strategies:
Integrating decision-making
References:
Dorner, Dietrich: The Logic of Failure: recognizing and avoiding error in complex situations
Subject(s):
Policy-making → Policy
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 4: Quality EducationGOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST

About the Encyclopedia

The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential is a unique, experimental research work of the Union of International Associations. It is currently published as a searchable online platform with profiles of world problems, action strategies, and human values that are interlinked in novel and innovative ways. These connections are based on a range of relationships such as broader and narrower scope, aggravation, relatedness and more. By concentrating on these links and relationships, the Encyclopedia is uniquely positioned to bring focus to the complex and expansive sphere of global issues and their interconnected nature.

The initial content for the Encyclopedia was seeded from UIA’s Yearbook of International Organizations. UIA’s decades of collected data on the enormous variety of association life provided a broad initial perspective on the myriad problems of humanity. Recognizing that international associations are generally confronting world problems and developing action strategies based on particular values, the initial content was based on the descriptions, aims, titles and profiles of international associations.

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