Sophie Sauvagnargues 
Decision-Making in Crisis Situations [PDF ebook] 
Research and Innovation for Optimal Training

This book presents concepts and methods for optimal training for decision making in crisis situations. After presenting some general concepts of decision-making during crisis situations, it presents various innovations for optimal training, such as serious games, scenario design, adapted animation of crisis exercises, observation and debriefing of exercises related to pedagogical objectives.

Table of Content

1- Decision making in crisis situations: concepts and methods for adapted trainings

2- Pedagogical objectives, knowledge and expertise

3- Contributions for optimal trainings of crisis managers

a. Towards a serious game within the frame of major crisis simulation for decision-makers: how to connect the DOTs thanks to a semi-virtual training environment?

b. Improvement of crisis exercise and managers skills by the development of scenario design

c. Managing a crisis training easily with an animation team

d. EVADE method: an integrated approach for EVAluation and Debriefing of decision makers

e. Taming the lucidity of crisis exercises.

f. Digital training for authorities during a crisis: how to communicate and obtain information

4- Perspectives

About the author

Professor Sophie SAUVAGNARGUES, Teacher-researcher, Ecole des Mines d’Alès, France.