NAJP:
Decision speed and reaction time--how are they measured with the RIAS-2 and why are they important?
"The question is how do we take the data and turn it into
decision speed, and create effects?
(8) Second,
decision speed in warfare is itself an axis of competition.
This is about how we ensure we can get to
decision speed and achieve operational agility at a speed that provides multiple dilemmas to an enemy from all domains at a speed that no adversary can match.
He discusses why and how our brain ages, how fast it happens (quite slowly over a long period from mid 30s to late 60s then quite rapidly with
decision speed and IQ declining more rapidly than memory) and how with reducing bandwidth it becomes increasingly hard to do, remember or perceive more than one thing at a time.
According to America's Air Force: A Call to the Future, tomorrow's operational agility demands flexible, integrated multidomain operations; superior
decision speed; dynamic command and control; a balanced capability mix; and performance-optimized teams.
Thus, a new form of speed emerges, namely the
decision speed, which shows itself in correlation to the anticipation capacity and the reaction speed" (Rata, 2008, pag.
Using path analysis, self-efficacy was reported to be a consistent predictor of
decision speed, but not of decision quality.
Fast-paced settings with rapid changes in consumer demand, uncertainty, and discontinuous outcomes are drivers of
decision speed (Baum & Wally, 2003; Eisenhardt, 1989; Judge & Miller, 1991).