Airline Buyout: Evolutionary Systems Design and Problem Restructuring in Group Decision and Negotiation

Melvin F. Shakun
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Melvin F. Shakun: Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, 100 Trinity Place, New York, New York 10006-1594

Management Science, 1991, vol. 37, issue 10, 1291-1303

Abstract: We discuss problem restructuring involving evolution of the problem representation in group decision and negotiation support systems. We develop the evolutionary systems design (ESD) approach to restructuring involving a heuristic controls/goals/values referral process and other domain-independent methodological knowledge, such as constraint relaxation, contingency planning, coalition formation and flexible goal target. These ideas are applied to multiple problem restructuring in a scenario motivated by labor-management negotiations and buyout in the airline industry, in particular, a composite of negotiations at Eastern Airlines, TWA and UAL.

Keywords: problem restructuring; evolutionary systems design; labor-management negotiations and airline buyout; group decision and negotiation support systems (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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