Strategic options development and analysis (SODA) has maintained that it expects a links-to-concepts ratio of 1.15-1.20 in cognitive maps. This expectation is investigated from a graph-theoretic perspective in order to ...

The literature on multimethodology indicates that cognitive mapping is relevant to enriching the preliminary, information-gathering phase of Soft Systems Methodology (SSM), and especially the rich picture. By noting the ...

This paper reports on what appears to be the first attempt to map the perceived holistic dynamics at work in contemporary Brazilian railway development. The published perspectives of recognized experts in the Brazilian ...

Strategic Options Development and Analysis (SODA) is a well-established problem structuring method (PSM) that has been addressing problematic situation of shared concern for at least 30 years within the discipline of ...

In situations where managers need to assess and define investment portfolios, three key elements should be taken into consideration while searching of an optimal solution: multiple decision makers with dissimilar and ...

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 organisation in ...

A polêmica existente em torno da possibilidade do uso dos recursos madeireiros da Mata Atlântica levanta inúmeros questionamentos, sobretudo em relação à viabilidade econômica e ecológica desse uso. Essas questões também ...