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Obstacles to Collaborative Decision-Making Among Counterterrorism Organizations

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Collaborative decision-making; Counterterrorism; Interagency information sharing; Terrorism; Wicked problems

Definitions

The following definitions are adopted in relation to this contribution. Collaboration is the coming together of different stakeholders and arriving at a decision (consensus) based on all the stakeholders (decision-makers) preferences. Collaborative decision-making (CDM) is a collective process of decision-making which results in arriving at a unanimous decision. Counterterrorism organizations are national and international agencies that seek to detect, prevent, and respond to terrorism acts.

Introduction

Collaborative decision-making (CDM), according to Owen (2015), is a participatory process which involves multiple stakeholders/decision-makers acting collectively as one, to analyze a problem situation and to evaluate and consider alternative course of action. Rittel and Webber (1973) refer to problems whose resolution require CDM as complex and “wicked,”...

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  1. Department of Business Information Systems, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa

    Nancy Achieng Odhiambo, Nixon Muganda Ochara & Armstrong Kadyamatimba

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Odhiambo, N.A., Ochara, N.M., Kadyamatimba, A. (2020). Obstacles to Collaborative Decision-Making Among Counterterrorism Organizations. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3993-1

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