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The relevance of the research. Decision making is the daily routine of politicians and the public sector institutions. The government is one of the main political institutions that takes important decisions at the state level. Nowadays, the decision-making process is becoming more complex and more difficult to manage. The decision-making process is influenced by the rapid development of information technology and the challenges posed by globalization. In such circumstances, a situation arises when it is necessary to improve the decision-making process of the government, to adapt decision-making models to the needs of the present-day state. The novelty of the research. In the scientific literature the decision-making process of the government has been studied for decades. However, no detailed researches about what the model of public policy decision-making prevails in the decision-making process of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania have been done. Also, no detailed researches what should be the optimal model for government decision making have been done. The research object is the decision-making of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. The research subject is the decision-making models are applied in the decision-making process of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. The aim of the research is to analyze the decision-making process of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania and to make recommendations for its improvement. The objectives of the research are: 1) to carry out the analysis of public policy decision-making process and models and identify the features of the conceptual decision-making process; 2) to analyze the legal environment of the Government's decision-making process in Lithuania; 3) to investigate the decision-making process of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania, the decision-making models applied therein and submit proposals for its improvement. The research revealed that rational, mixed scanning and naturalistic decision-making models predominate in the government decision-making process. The analysis of the results of the research revealed that the decision-making process of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania is characterized by the following features of the conceptual decision-making process: transparency, publicity and interdisciplinarity. During the expert interviews, experts highlighted these strengths of the Government's decision-making process: inter-agency cooperation in decision-making, detailed legal assessment of all legislative initiatives, and cooperation platform for strategic issues with stakeholders. Experts identified these weaknesses of the decision-making process of the Government: the long-running decision-making process, the lack of use of evidence-based information in the government's decision-making process, insufficient government cooperation with stakeholders, and insufficient attention to problem analysis. The main directions of improvement of the decision-making process of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania are: 1) more attention should be paid to evidence-based decision-making, 2) more attention should be paid to the involvement of the interested groups in the decision-making process of the Government, 3) more attention should be paid for the analysis of alternatives of decision. The results of the research may be useful for the government, because these results show the strengths and weaknesses of the government's decision-making process. In the first part of the work the definition and significance of the public policy decision-making process, theoretical models of the public policy decision-making process, and the features of the conceptual public policy decision-making model were analyzed. In the second part of the work described the legal environment of the decision-making process of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania. In the third part of the work the analysis of the decision-making process of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania was done.

The aim of this thesis is to estimate relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing in domain-specific activities. Three studies were carried out. Study 1 and Study 2 examined anesthesiologists' (N = 84) and judges' (N = 98) decision-making, respectively. The appropriateness of decisions in the fields of medicine and criminal law can be assessed impartially according to their compliance with protocols and laws. Therefore, dual process dissociation procedure was applied for Study 1 and Study 2. Study 3 examined 18-24 year-old electorate's (N = 91) decision to vote for political parties in the Lithuanian parliamentary elections of 2016. Voting decisions does not have objective criteria for their correctness or fallibility. Therefore, the relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing was estimated indirectly, based on voters' implicit and explicit attitudes toward political parties, respectively. It was found that the relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing varies when decisions are made in different domain-specific activities. In particular, anesthesiologists rely more on intuitive (57.1%-76.2%) compared with rational information processing (14.3%-35.7%). Contrarily, judges rely more on rational (35.29%-53.19%) compared with intuitive information processing (8.51%-15.68%). Moreover, 18-24 year-old electorate is more likely to rely on explicit attitudes rather than implicit attitudes when deciding to vote for political parties. Indirectly, it indicates that 18-24 year-old electorate is more likely to rely on rational rather that intuitive information processing. Results are interpreted in the context of cognitive psychology.

The aim of this thesis is to estimate relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing in domain-specific activities. Three studies were carried out. Study 1 and Study 2 examined anesthesiologists' (N = 84) and judges' (N = 98) decision-making, respectively. The appropriateness of decisions in the fields of medicine and criminal law can be assessed impartially according to their compliance with protocols and laws. Therefore, dual process dissociation procedure was applied for Study 1 and Study 2. Study 3 examined 18-24 year-old electorate's (N = 91) decision to vote for political parties in the Lithuanian parliamentary elections of 2016. Voting decisions does not have objective criteria for their correctness or fallibility. Therefore, the relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing was estimated indirectly, based on voters' implicit and explicit attitudes toward political parties, respectively. It was found that the relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing varies when decisions are made in different domain-specific activities. In particular, anesthesiologists rely more on intuitive (57.1%-76.2%) compared with rational information processing (14.3%-35.7%). Contrarily, judges rely more on rational (35.29%-53.19%) compared with intuitive information processing (8.51%-15.68%). Moreover, 18-24 year-old electorate is more likely to rely on explicit attitudes rather than implicit attitudes when deciding to vote for political parties. Indirectly, it indicates that 18-24 year-old electorate is more likely to rely on rational rather that intuitive information processing. Results are interpreted in the context of cognitive psychology.

The aim of this thesis is to estimate relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing in domain-specific activities. Three studies were carried out. Study 1 and Study 2 examined anesthesiologists' (N = 84) and judges' (N = 98) decision-making, respectively. The appropriateness of decisions in the fields of medicine and criminal law can be assessed impartially according to their compliance with protocols and laws. Therefore, dual process dissociation procedure was applied for Study 1 and Study 2. Study 3 examined 18-24 year-old electorate's (N = 91) decision to vote for political parties in the Lithuanian parliamentary elections of 2016. Voting decisions does not have objective criteria for their correctness or fallibility. Therefore, the relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing was estimated indirectly, based on voters' implicit and explicit attitudes toward political parties, respectively. It was found that the relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing varies when decisions are made in different domain-specific activities. In particular, anesthesiologists rely more on intuitive (57.1%-76.2%) compared with rational information processing (14.3%-35.7%). Contrarily, judges rely more on rational (35.29%-53.19%) compared with intuitive information processing (8.51%-15.68%). Moreover, 18-24 year-old electorate is more likely to rely on explicit attitudes rather than implicit attitudes when deciding to vote for political parties. Indirectly, it indicates that 18-24 year-old electorate is more likely to rely on rational rather that intuitive information processing. Results are interpreted in the context of cognitive psychology.

The aim of this thesis is to estimate relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing in domain-specific activities. Three studies were carried out. Study 1 and Study 2 examined anesthesiologists' (N = 84) and judges' (N = 98) decision-making, respectively. The appropriateness of decisions in the fields of medicine and criminal law can be assessed impartially according to their compliance with protocols and laws. Therefore, dual process dissociation procedure was applied for Study 1 and Study 2. Study 3 examined 18-24 year-old electorate's (N = 91) decision to vote for political parties in the Lithuanian parliamentary elections of 2016. Voting decisions does not have objective criteria for their correctness or fallibility. Therefore, the relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing was estimated indirectly, based on voters' implicit and explicit attitudes toward political parties, respectively. It was found that the relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing varies when decisions are made in different domain-specific activities. In particular, anesthesiologists rely more on intuitive (57.1%-76.2%) compared with rational information processing (14.3%-35.7%). Contrarily, judges rely more on rational (35.29%-53.19%) compared with intuitive information processing (8.51%-15.68%). Moreover, 18-24 year-old electorate is more likely to rely on explicit attitudes rather than implicit attitudes when deciding to vote for political parties. Indirectly, it indicates that 18-24 year-old electorate is more likely to rely on rational rather that intuitive information processing. Results are interpreted in the context of cognitive psychology.

The aim of this thesis is to estimate relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing in domain-specific activities. Three studies were carried out. Study 1 and Study 2 examined anesthesiologists' (N = 84) and judges' (N = 98) decision-making, respectively. The appropriateness of decisions in the fields of medicine and criminal law can be assessed impartially according to their compliance with protocols and laws. Therefore, dual process dissociation procedure was applied for Study 1 and Study 2. Study 3 examined 18-24 year-old electorate's (N = 91) decision to vote for political parties in the Lithuanian parliamentary elections of 2016. Voting decisions does not have objective criteria for their correctness or fallibility. Therefore, the relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing was estimated indirectly, based on voters' implicit and explicit attitudes toward political parties, respectively. It was found that the relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing varies when decisions are made in different domain-specific activities. In particular, anesthesiologists rely more on intuitive (57.1%-76.2%) compared with rational information processing (14.3%-35.7%). Contrarily, judges rely more on rational (35.29%-53.19%) compared with intuitive information processing (8.51%-15.68%). Moreover, 18-24 year-old electorate is more likely to rely on explicit attitudes rather than implicit attitudes when deciding to vote for political parties. Indirectly, it indicates that 18-24 year-old electorate is more likely to rely on rational rather that intuitive information processing. Results are interpreted in the context of cognitive psychology.

The aim of this thesis is to estimate relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing in domain-specific activities. Three studies were carried out. Study 1 and Study 2 examined anesthesiologists' (N = 84) and judges' (N = 98) decision-making, respectively. The appropriateness of decisions in the fields of medicine and criminal law can be assessed impartially according to their compliance with protocols and laws. Therefore, dual process dissociation procedure was applied for Study 1 and Study 2. Study 3 examined 18-24 year-old electorate's (N = 91) decision to vote for political parties in the Lithuanian parliamentary elections of 2016. Voting decisions does not have objective criteria for their correctness or fallibility. Therefore, the relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing was estimated indirectly, based on voters' implicit and explicit attitudes toward political parties, respectively. It was found that the relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing varies when decisions are made in different domain-specific activities. In particular, anesthesiologists rely more on intuitive (57.1%-76.2%) compared with rational information processing (14.3%-35.7%). Contrarily, judges rely more on rational (35.29%-53.19%) compared with intuitive information processing (8.51%-15.68%). Moreover, 18-24 year-old electorate is more likely to rely on explicit attitudes rather than implicit attitudes when deciding to vote for political parties. Indirectly, it indicates that 18-24 year-old electorate is more likely to rely on rational rather that intuitive information processing. Results are interpreted in the context of cognitive psychology.

The aim of this thesis is to estimate relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing in domain-specific activities. Three studies were carried out. Study 1 and Study 2 examined anesthesiologists' (N = 84) and judges' (N = 98) decision-making, respectively. The appropriateness of decisions in the fields of medicine and criminal law can be assessed impartially according to their compliance with protocols and laws. Therefore, dual process dissociation procedure was applied for Study 1 and Study 2. Study 3 examined 18-24 year-old electorate's (N = 91) decision to vote for political parties in the Lithuanian parliamentary elections of 2016. Voting decisions does not have objective criteria for their correctness or fallibility. Therefore, the relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing was estimated indirectly, based on voters' implicit and explicit attitudes toward political parties, respectively. It was found that the relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing varies when decisions are made in different domain-specific activities. In particular, anesthesiologists rely more on intuitive (57.1%-76.2%) compared with rational information processing (14.3%-35.7%). Contrarily, judges rely more on rational (35.29%-53.19%) compared with intuitive information processing (8.51%-15.68%). Moreover, 18-24 year-old electorate is more likely to rely on explicit attitudes rather than implicit attitudes when deciding to vote for political parties. Indirectly, it indicates that 18-24 year-old electorate is more likely to rely on rational rather that intuitive information processing. Results are interpreted in the context of cognitive psychology.

The aim of this thesis is to estimate relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing in domain-specific activities. Three studies were carried out. Study 1 and Study 2 examined anesthesiologists' (N = 84) and judges' (N = 98) decision-making, respectively. The appropriateness of decisions in the fields of medicine and criminal law can be assessed impartially according to their compliance with protocols and laws. Therefore, dual process dissociation procedure was applied for Study 1 and Study 2. Study 3 examined 18-24 year-old electorate's (N = 91) decision to vote for political parties in the Lithuanian parliamentary elections of 2016. Voting decisions does not have objective criteria for their correctness or fallibility. Therefore, the relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing was estimated indirectly, based on voters' implicit and explicit attitudes toward political parties, respectively. It was found that the relative contributions of intuitive and rational information processing varies when decisions are made in different domain-specific activities. In particular, anesthesiologists rely more on intuitive (57.1%-76.2%) compared with rational information processing (14.3%-35.7%). Contrarily, judges rely more on rational (35.29%-53.19%) compared with intuitive information processing (8.51%-15.68%). Moreover, 18-24 year-old electorate is more likely to rely on explicit attitudes rather than implicit attitudes when deciding to vote for political parties. Indirectly, it indicates that 18-24 year-old electorate is more likely to rely on rational rather that intuitive information processing. Results are interpreted in the context of cognitive psychology.

There is a lack of research in the sphere of family policy formation in Lithuania. The goal of the present article is to analyse the problems of the participation of the civil sector in family policy decision making. The article discusses the concept of New Public Management and its emphasis on the dialogue between civil society and government. The author of the article presents the results of expert interviews, focusing on the problems of family policy formation, which were carried out in 2006 and repeated in 2010. The experts represented the elite of the field of family policy formation: policy makers and researchers. In general, the analysis of the experts' attitude shows that Lithuania is characterized by "low" citizenship, evidenced by citizens' passiveness, and traditional participation displayed by formal participation of the non-governmental sector in decision making as well as the government's mistrust of nongovernmental organizations. Active participation of civil society in family policy decision making brings family issues up-todate. Low citizenship and poor participation of nongovernmental organizations, as well as domination of the Church and catholic organizations, determine the disproportionate representation of interests and burden family policy formation in Lithuania. ; Straipsnyje siekiama atskleisti pilietinės visuomenės dalyvavimo priimant sprendimus šeimos politikoje problemas. Aptariamas naujosios viešosios vadybos modelis, kuris akcentuoja pilietinės visuomenės ir valdžios institucijų dialogą, priimant sprendimus. Straipsnyje pristatomi 2006 m. ir 2010 m. apklausos rezultatai, išryškinantys atlikto šeimos politikos ekspertų požiūrio į šeimos politikos formavimo problemas tyrimo rezultatai. Remiantis tyrimo rezultatų analize galima daryti išvadą, jog Lietuvai būdingas žemas pilietiškumo lygis, pasireiškiantis piliečių pasyvumu, ir tradicinis dalyvavimas, kuriam būdingas formalus nevyriausybinių organizacijų dalyvavimas svarstant sprendimus bei valdžios institucijų nepasitikėjimas nevyriausybinėmis organizacijomis. Aktyvus pilietinės visuomenės dalyvavimas formuojant šeimos politiką aktualizuoja šeimos politikos klausimus. Šeimos politikos formavimą apsunkina žemas pilietiškumo lygis ir menkas nevyriausybinio sektoriaus įsitraukimas, katalikiškosios pakraipos organizacijų ir Bažnyčios dominavimas, suponuojantis neproporcingą interesų atstovavimą, formuojant šeimos politiką.

According to M. Payne (1996), agencies, providing social services, are in the process of consistent alternation. These changes take place in order to react to people demand on social services. The review of family example is the model of decision making over child's future in the family, which came over from Great Britain. The review is attended by specialists of various areas. Because of interdisciplinary situation, the tension field occurs among providers of social services, because every of them comes to the review with his/her own purposes and functions. From the theoretical perspective powers are being described as the mean of individuals' regulation. To manage means to model activity field of other individuals, to put it in other words, powers are proportion of strengths, when some strength dominates, and the others comply. The purpose of the research is to disclose the links between power relationships and decision making in the review process of family case. The following tasks of the work were raised in order to achieve the mentioned purpose: 1. To discuss political, juridical and theoretical aspects of powers relationships, while highlighting the context of decision making over family future in the context of review process. 2. To review institutional aspects of powers relationships, grounding competencies and roles of social worker in the review process of family case. 3. To disclose the links between power relationship and decisions over child's future in the review process of family case. The research is accomplished, using qualitative descriptive research method. The information for this research was collected using semi-structural interview. In order to process collected data, instrument of themes analysis was used. The research was attended by 11 respondents. The results of research.[.].

According to M. Payne (1996), agencies, providing social services, are in the process of consistent alternation. These changes take place in order to react to people demand on social services. The review of family example is the model of decision making over child's future in the family, which came over from Great Britain. The review is attended by specialists of various areas. Because of interdisciplinary situation, the tension field occurs among providers of social services, because every of them comes to the review with his/her own purposes and functions. From the theoretical perspective powers are being described as the mean of individuals' regulation. To manage means to model activity field of other individuals, to put it in other words, powers are proportion of strengths, when some strength dominates, and the others comply. The purpose of the research is to disclose the links between power relationships and decision making in the review process of family case. The following tasks of the work were raised in order to achieve the mentioned purpose: 1. To discuss political, juridical and theoretical aspects of powers relationships, while highlighting the context of decision making over family future in the context of review process. 2. To review institutional aspects of powers relationships, grounding competencies and roles of social worker in the review process of family case. 3. To disclose the links between power relationship and decisions over child's future in the review process of family case. The research is accomplished, using qualitative descriptive research method. The information for this research was collected using semi-structural interview. In order to process collected data, instrument of themes analysis was used. The research was attended by 11 respondents. The results of research.[.].

According to M. Payne (1996), agencies, providing social services, are in the process of consistent alternation. These changes take place in order to react to people demand on social services. The review of family example is the model of decision making over child's future in the family, which came over from Great Britain. The review is attended by specialists of various areas. Because of interdisciplinary situation, the tension field occurs among providers of social services, because every of them comes to the review with his/her own purposes and functions. From the theoretical perspective powers are being described as the mean of individuals' regulation. To manage means to model activity field of other individuals, to put it in other words, powers are proportion of strengths, when some strength dominates, and the others comply. The purpose of the research is to disclose the links between power relationships and decision making in the review process of family case. The following tasks of the work were raised in order to achieve the mentioned purpose: 1. To discuss political, juridical and theoretical aspects of powers relationships, while highlighting the context of decision making over family future in the context of review process. 2. To review institutional aspects of powers relationships, grounding competencies and roles of social worker in the review process of family case. 3. To disclose the links between power relationship and decisions over child's future in the review process of family case. The research is accomplished, using qualitative descriptive research method. The information for this research was collected using semi-structural interview. In order to process collected data, instrument of themes analysis was used. The research was attended by 11 respondents. The results of research.[.].

The decision-making process in governments is examined and the role of a number of factors which appear to account for the characteristics of this process is discussed. The object of this article is governments of Lithuania acting during 1990-2000. The analysis concentrates in particular on whether decisions tend to be taken collectively, partially collectively or hierarchically and on the extent to which the decision-making model tends to be monocratic, collective, ministerial or bureaucratic. The basic source of information was the interviews with ministers who have served in different cabinets. The unit of analysis was an individual cabinet. A cabinet was defined by three criteria: those of the same prime minister continuously in office, of the same party or parties in government, and of the same legislative period. ; Straipsnyje analizuojami vidiniai veiksniai, turėję ir turintys įtakos priimant sprendimus Lietuvos Respublikos vyriausybėse. Nagrinėjama kabinetinių vyriausybių, kurioms priskiriama ir Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybė, specifika. Pagal galios pasiskirstymą tarp ministro pirmininko ir ministrų bei tarp ministrų ir biurokratijos apibrėžiami 1990 - 2000 m. dirbusių vyriausybių sprendimo priėmimo modeliai. Kadangi vykdomosios valdžios analizė Lietuvoje yra menkai išplėtota – tik keletas politologų savo darbuose nagrinėjo vykdomosios valdžios institucijų veiklą ir bruožus – šiuo darbu siekta Lietuvos Respublikos vykdomosios valdžios tyrimus praplėsti sprendimų priėmimo analizės dėmeniu.

Rapid changes in business environment require more and more effort to ensure competitiveness of organizations. Such background circumstances grant particular importance to management solutions in the practice of business organizations and the solutions become the decisive factors in the attempts to create competitive advantages. It must be noted that solutions relating to the use of support by the EU structural funds have been discussed insufficiently in research literature. The fact led to the existence of a research problem: what is the peculiarity of decision-making process in the context of the EU structural funds support projects. It determined the aim and tasks of the research presented in the article. Impact of the EU structural funds support projects on the process of decision-making should be evaluated based on the procedural approach to decision- making. The analysis of research literature in the areas of contents of the management decisionmaking process and accompanying issues suggested analyzing the eight-stage management decisionmaking process. Generalization of how approaches to the decision- making process affect the very structure of decision-making process enabled to single out and emphasize three possible structural options of the process: the decision-making process based on the rational first (rational, limited rationality and algorithmic approaches), the intuition-based decisionmaking process (intuitive and "litter-bin" approaches) and the transitional decision-making process (incremental, political and "muddle through" approaches). The mixed scanning approach can cause both the decision-making process based on the rational first and the transitional decision-making process.[.]