Interaction Paradigms of Decision-Making
| Author | Elna A. Orlova |
| DOI | 10.1177/019251218200300208 |
| Published date | 01 April 1982 |
| Date | 01 April 1982 |
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INTERACTION
PARADIGMS
OF
DECISION-MAKING
ELNA
A.
ORLOVA
As
is
known,
human
interaction
is
accomplished
in
specific
forms.
To
interpret
this
specificity,
it
is
necessary
to
understand
the
facts
it
depends
on.
The
term
"interaction
paradigm"
singles
out
the
main
normative
psycho-sociocultural
factors
influencing
the
pattern
of
an
interaction
process.
We
can
distinguish
three
types
of
paradigms:
coopera-
tion,
competition
(conflict),
and
dialogue.
This
essay
attempts
to
prove
that
the
dialogical
paradigm
is
more
adequate
to
the
situation
of
political
decision-making
than
the
co-
operative
and
competitive
ones.
Strategic
decisions
concerning
various
social
units
are
a
very
important
determinant
of
sociocultural
development.
Decision-making
is,
there-
fore,
also
a
fundamental
form
of
human
interaction.
The
general
state
of
modern
society
and
culture
gives
rise
to
several
difficulties
in
the
processes
of
political
decision-making.
On
the
one
hand,
the
adequate
formulation
and
solution
of
a
problem
is
complicated
by
the
complexity
and
dynamism
of
modern
everyday
life.
On
the
other
hand,
it
is
difficult
to
predict
the
possible
consequences
of
long-term
decisions.
It
is
clear
that
the
time
and
place
of
decision-making,
and
its
content,
depend
on
an
interaction
process.
Some
considerations
of
that
aspect
of
the
decision-making
situation
are
presented
below.
The
key
term
for
the
normative
sociocultural
and
psychological
frameworks
of
the
process
is
&dquo;interaction
paradigm.&dquo;
I
relate
the
term
to
the
form,
strategy,
and
tactics
of
interaction.
However,
I
also
use
it
to
single
out
a
level
of
sociocultural
and
psycho-
logical
factors
on
which
certain
specifics
of
human
interaction
process
organization
depend.
That
level
may
be
considered
as
a
basis
of
the
interaction
that
is
indifferent
to
its
subject
matter
and
cultural
content.
Political
decision-making
is
an
interpersonal
process.
That
is
why
there
are
two
levels
of
interaction
paradigms:
personal
and
structural.
Or,
the
form
of
the
process
development
depends
on
the
psychic
and
cultural
idiosyncrasies
of
its
participants
on
the
one
hand,
and
on
the
sequence
of
its
stages
on
the
other.
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