Decision Making Under Stress

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Table of Contents Introduction Page 2 Background Page 3 Time line of incidents and decisions made during the Notting Hill Riots Page 9 Discussion into the decision-making process used by the Incident Commander Page 15 Conclusion Page 24 Introduction. The aim of this paper will be to demonstrate and showcase my improved understanding of emergency decision making. I will achieve this by conducting a case study and discussing the reading ‘Police Commander – The Notting Hill Riot”, written by Tony Moore of the Disaster Management Centre, Cranfield University in 2002. I will include a detailed timeline of events that occurred during the Notting Hill riots on the 20 April 1982, with particular focus on the progressive decision points of the incident. Each of these decision points will be charted in the timeline and relevant pieces of information that influenced the decision will be included for analysis. During the second section of this assignment I will discuss the decision making process used by the Police Commander at various points during the incident with particular focus on; * Identifying the factors that affected the decision-making process and outcomes. I will focus on what the circumstances were, how much information was available and how this information affected the Police Commander before identifying what decision was made. * Explaining how these factors relate to the decision-making theory used by the Police Commander. I will identify the theory used and explain how and why the theory was selected. I will support this discussion with reference to literature and research I have conducted during the course of this subject as well as practical examples of my own experiences. During the third section of this assignment I will continue to showcase my improved understanding of the emergency

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