Structuring of the Renewed Decision Making Process in the Royal Netherlands Army(Structurering van het vernieuwde besluitvormingsproces binnen de KL)

摘要

Taking as a starting point the draft of the renewed decision making process ofthe Royal Netherlands Army, the following research questions were formulated: (a) in what situation does a commander need to choose for which form of decision making. (b) which methods can best be used for generating, in a short amount of time, various and creative Courses of Action. (c) how can staffs in a command pull situation quickly check the commander's decision. In the present study, the first two research questions were answered. A study was made of U.S. and U.K. Army Doctrine Publications, and of relevant literature in the field of group decision making. Ten different decision making situations were identified, based on the factors 'available time', 'staff capacity and experience', 'degree of uncertainty', and 'complexity of the problem or the operation'. It is further concluded that the Nominal Group Technique is the best method for generating numerous Courses of Action in a short amount of time.