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Cognitive processes in problem solving: bridging the intersection of cognition and management science problems

Decision making is vital to business and life. Management Science (MS) seems to help people make better informed decisions and thus could make a difference to the real world. However, solving MS problems need inputs from cognitive psychology and therefore require the bridging of both for a mutual co...

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Main Authors: Cheng, Sheila, Siow, Heng Loke
Format: Journal
Language:English
Published: Florida: International Institute of Informatics and Systemics 2011
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BF Psychology
HD28 Management. Industrial Management
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spelling my-aeu-eprints.702017-08-16T09:00:50Z http://ur.aeu.edu.my/70/ Cognitive processes in problem solving: bridging the intersection of cognition and management science problems Cheng, Sheila Siow, Heng Loke BF Psychology HD28 Management. Industrial Management Decision making is vital to business and life. Management Science (MS) seems to help people make better informed decisions and thus could make a difference to the real world. However, solving MS problems need inputs from cognitive psychology and therefore require the bridging of both for a mutual coexistence. Many researchers acknowledged that decision makers are required to possess different problem solving skills to approach different types of problems, such as the solving of well-structured and ill-structured problems require peculiar cognitive processes. Insofar, there is a need for deeper insights on how undergraduate business students, who will soon be the decision makers and leaders to make "calculated risk" decisions, which are critical in our future society. The first part of the paper is to present a review on the cognitive processes in problem solving based on Polya's 4-phase framework of problem solving, Schoenfeld's six problem solving strategies, the Constructivist Theory and the Information Processing Model (IPM). Using Malaysian undergraduate business students as a case study, the second part of this paper is to propose a 7-step problem solving algorithmic model in a an attempt to improve the cognitive processes of students in solving MS problems and the quality of decision making. Florida: International Institute of Informatics and Systemics 2011 Journal PeerReviewed text en http://ur.aeu.edu.my/70/1/Cognitive%20Processes%20in%20Problem%20Solving_Bridging%20the%20Intersection%20of%20Cogition%20and%20Management%20Science_2011.docx Cheng, Sheila and Siow, Heng Loke (2011) Cognitive processes in problem solving: bridging the intersection of cognition and management science problems. Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Informatics, and Cybernetics (IcEIC 2011) and the International Symposium on Integrating Research, Education, and Problem Solving (IREPS 2011). 29th November -2nd December 2011, Florida, USA. pp. 233-238.
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HD28 Management. Industrial Management
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HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Cheng, Sheila
Siow, Heng Loke
Cognitive processes in problem solving: bridging the intersection of cognition and management science problems
description Decision making is vital to business and life. Management Science (MS) seems to help people make better informed decisions and thus could make a difference to the real world. However, solving MS problems need inputs from cognitive psychology and therefore require the bridging of both for a mutual coexistence. Many researchers acknowledged that decision makers are required to possess different problem solving skills to approach different types of problems, such as the solving of well-structured and ill-structured problems require peculiar cognitive processes. Insofar, there is a need for deeper insights on how undergraduate business students, who will soon be the decision makers and leaders to make "calculated risk" decisions, which are critical in our future society. The first part of the paper is to present a review on the cognitive processes in problem solving based on Polya's 4-phase framework of problem solving, Schoenfeld's six problem solving strategies, the Constructivist Theory and the Information Processing Model (IPM). Using Malaysian undergraduate business students as a case study, the second part of this paper is to propose a 7-step problem solving algorithmic model in a an attempt to improve the cognitive processes of students in solving MS problems and the quality of decision making.
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author Cheng, Sheila
Siow, Heng Loke
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Siow, Heng Loke
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title Cognitive processes in problem solving: bridging the intersection of cognition and management science problems
title_short Cognitive processes in problem solving: bridging the intersection of cognition and management science problems
title_full Cognitive processes in problem solving: bridging the intersection of cognition and management science problems
title_fullStr Cognitive processes in problem solving: bridging the intersection of cognition and management science problems
title_full_unstemmed Cognitive processes in problem solving: bridging the intersection of cognition and management science problems
title_sort cognitive processes in problem solving: bridging the intersection of cognition and management science problems
publisher Florida: International Institute of Informatics and Systemics
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url http://ur.aeu.edu.my/70/1/Cognitive%20Processes%20in%20Problem%20Solving_Bridging%20the%20Intersection%20of%20Cogition%20and%20Management%20Science_2011.docx
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