Abstract
This study attempts to understand the impact that personality and advising structure have on the quality of presidential decision-making. How can a social scientist determine if a president will have a good or bad decision-making process? How should a president set up his advisory system? This was investigated with two case studies. The first case study was of George H.W. Bush’s decisions during the Persian Gulf War. The second case study was looking at George W. Bush’s decisions in Iraq after 9/11. It was determined that George H.W. Bush had the better decision-making process based off of the criteria. Based on these two cases, it seems like personality is the more important aspect of decision-making. However, advising structure is important because personality should inform the type of advising structure the decision-maker has.
Advisor
Moskowitz, Eric
Department
Political Science
Recommended Citation
Mayer, Carolyn S., "Crisis Decision; A Study of How Personality and Advisory Systems Affect Presidential Decision-Making During Crises" (2019). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 8376.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/8376
Keywords
President, Advising, Personality, Character, Decision-Making
Publication Date
2019
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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