Behavioral Decision-Making: Research Informing Small and Large Decisions

UVA Speaks

Mar 27 2023 • 23 mins

On this UVA Speaks podcast, Yael Grushka-Cockayne, Professor of Business Administration at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia, explains that behavioral decision-making considers how we reason and how that impacts the way we make both small and large decisions. This field helps us understand that we don’t always make decisions based on what a predictive model says we should. Listen in to learn what research shows us about being overconfident. Should we include behavioral decision-making as we structure our projects and deliverables?   Transcripts of the audio broadcast can be found here.   Yael Grushka-Cockayne is a Professor of Business Administration, Altec Styslinger Foundation Bicentennial Chair in Business Administration, and the Senior Associate Dean for Professional Degree Programs at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. She also holds an appointment as Co-Director of the Collaboratory for the Advancement of Business and Data Science at UVA’s School of Data Science. Professor Grushka-Cockayne’s research and teaching focus on data science, forecasting, project management, and behavioral decision-making. Her research has been published in numerous academic and professional journals, and she is a regular speaker at international conferences.