Delphi technique

Peter Mckiernan

Delphi technique

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Abstract

The Delphi Method is designed to elicit opinion and counter opinion from a group of experts in order to inform better the decision making process. These experts may be geographically dispersed. Traditionally, information is captured through the use of questionnaires and their analysis is fed back to the experts in an unattributed manner through a continuous loop system until the group converges on a common opinion. The approach is valuable when decisions have to be made in highly charged domains e.g., politics, education, or when actions may have severe outcomes e.g., thermonuclear warfare.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	International Encyclopaedia of Organisation Studies
Editors	Stewart R. Clegg, James R. Bailey
Place of Publication	Thousand Oaks, CA
Pages	375-378
Number of pages	3
Volume	1
Publication status	Published - 17 Oct 2007

Keywords

delphi method
decision making process
common opinion

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