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Theses/Dissertations

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering

<p>Architecture -- Human factors<br />Mood (Psychology)<br />Industrial management -- Decision making -- Mathematical models<br />Lighting<br />Buildings -- Environmental engineering</p>

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Effects Of The Luminous Environment On Managerial Decision Making, Marc Clay Belcher Jan 1987

Effects Of The Luminous Environment On Managerial Decision Making, Marc Clay Belcher

Doctoral Dissertations

"Little is known about the influence the physical environment may have on the way a manager goes about making decisions. This work considers one element of the environment, lighting, and attempts to establish a relationship between that element and the decision strategy a manager may select.

From a review of the literature on the effects of light on man and from the field of decision making, a model is posited suggesting that the luminous environment affects decision making. Since others have established that mood influences how decisions are made, and since it is suggested in the literature that lighting affects …