Decision and Decision-maker in an Industrial Environment

1Decision and Decision Context

Ultimately, when a decision-maker makes a decision, it is with the intention that this decision, whatever it is, brings something better to the situation considered, since, in any case: “The essential thing is not to live, but to live well.”¹

1.1. Introduction

The reflections made previously allowed us to really sense the major elements linked to the decision. The concepts underpinned by the decision are in fact numerous, and their interactions make it into a consubstantial whole.

At the very least, the decision will be tied to its proximity to the decision-maker, on the one hand – the main focus of our study – and its systemic dimension, on the other hand.

Indeed, some keywords emerged from this quasi-intuitive analysis, concerning in this case: the intention and objective of the decision-maker, the system and the variables to which the decision is attached, the prerequisites for the decision as well as its process and its potential evaluation. There are as many keywords as questions.

The essential pairing is the decision-maker/decision pairing. Beyond this, the object and objective of the decision are the two other structuring parameters of this history (Figure P.7). And, indirectly, the decision-making context comes into play; this “set of circumstances in which an event occurs, in which an action is situated” [LAR 21]. The context is this parameter, so broad that it covers all aspects, which means that the decision, for a decision-maker ...