Decision Making for Sustainable Technical Applications with the SMH Approach

Kranabitl, Philipp; Faustmann, Clemens; Hick, Hannes

doi:10.3390/su13168702

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“…Farrell (1999) mentioned that the personnel at the headquarters of a military organization are often more expert in specific technical areas related to SD and can therefore make significant decisions. However, other studies have shown that technical decisions are not solely rational; there is always an emotional element in a decision made by humans (Kranabitl et al, 2021). According to these studies, the decisionmaking approach needs to consider the human factor as well as technical facts and knowledge.…”

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Skill components of higher education in the era of sustainable development: an analytical study among university students in Qatar

2023

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IntroductionThe present study investigates the status of education for sustainable development (ESD) as an approach applied to higher education. This study proposes cognitive, behavioral, and socio-emotional learning as the three dimensions of ESD. It examines the extent to which the current curriculum and educational structures applied by Qatar University (QU) contribute to sustainable development (SD) skills in students' attitudes.MethodsData from 319 students were collected. Factor analysis was performed to regroup skill items within the consistent dimensions of 16 core skills. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the relationship between core skills and the five SD skills.FindingsFive logistic regression models were investigated. Model 1 found two predictors that only increase the odds of innovative thinking skills. Model 2 detected five predictors that increase the odds of critical thinking skills. Model 3 defined three predictors that increase the odds of resolving problem skills. Model 4 mentioned four predictors that increase the odds of communication/coordination skills. Model 5 showed two predictors that increase the odds of decision-making skills.Research implicationsThis study introduces new core skills that have been reclassified based on students' real-world experiences. Such findings may help target specific skills and bring significant changes in higher education outcomes.

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Skill components of higher education in the era of sustainable development: an analytical study among university students in Qatar

2023

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“…(i) The Credition project follows three research strands: basic (2011), applied (2014), and implementation (2016). The CreditionLab (opened 2018 at the University of Technology in Graz) tests the so called 'model of credition' as specific communication tool intended to make visible the functionality of believing (Angel and Seitz, 2016;Angel, 2017) and seems successfully applied as reference tool for communicationsettings (Mitropoulou, 2017;Mitropoulou et al, 2018;Hick et al, 2020;Kranabitl et al, 2021;Lumbreras et al, 2021;Tietz et al, 2022).…”

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Pathways and crossroads to creditions: Insights from a retrospective view

Angel

2022

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Credition is a neologism derived from the Latin word credere (to believe) and designates processes of believing (Angel, 2013a). In many languages (and esp. in German) the term belief is widely associated with religion and religious beliefs. Indeed, the need for a new term became evident during the so-called Regensburg Symposia (1998-2005) (Angel, 2006a) that were aimed at increasing our understanding of the phenomenon of religiosity (see below) and the dynamics of 'religious beliefs'. Given this background, it is important to emphasize that credition is neither a religious nor a theological term. Rather, it was coined as a psychological term in analogy to other psychological terms including cognition, emotion, and volition. No religion is needed in order to understand "credition, " but knowledge about credition may help us to better understand religious beliefs. Although the intention of this article is to point to issues which appeared as crossroads and pathways in the emerging history of creditions, it does not present a chronology of events but focusses on theoretical issues. Precursory hermeneutics as crossroads to credition Blind spot time-related beliefsTalking about belief or credition means initially to talk about notions, i.e., the notion of belief and the notion of credition. Both terms highlight related but different phenomena. Belief has been a topic discussed since Antiquity. It might have contributed to our lack of understanding that something like fluid or temporally evolving believing processes might exist because, at least since late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, the predominant scientific practice has been to talk about 'belief ' as a static entity, i.e., as a noun (Angel, 2022a). But on a linguistic level we must address the relation between a noun and its corresponding verb. To proceed from a noun related understanding of beliefs to an action-based understanding of believing processes that can be expressed in terms of a verb (e.g., while believing) requires a paradigm shift. The paradigm shift that underpins going from understanding beliefs to understanding the processes of believing is a precondition Frontiers in Psychology frontiersin.org Angel . /fpsyg. .

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“… Generic illustration of the SMH approach to support decision-making in the context of powertrain development, inspired by Kranabitl et al ( 2021 ). …”

Section: The Smh Approachmentioning

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“…How to support decision-making is therefore a central topic in product development. In this paper the so called SMH Approach (S: system-thinking, M: model based, H: human factor) (Kranabitl et al, 2021 ) is presented. This short paper does not claim to address all relevant aspects of this far-reaching Research Topic in detail but aims to give an overview of the core steps which improve the decision-making capabilities of engineers based on a methodological concept in order to maximize the chances of success for product development.…”

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confidence: 99%