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Many processes of human resource management involve decision-making, especially, screening. T In this study, the screening decision-making processes based on the Image Theory were studied. Several important conclusions were made, and a framework of screening decision-making was constructed. This framework provided a central configuration and some new viewpoints and evidence for a descriptive decision-making study and for human resource management application.

This article presents a study of the contractors' preference for formwork system selection in Indonesian context. As decision makers, contractors are faced with challenges in choosing the formwork system for a particular project. While conventional timber formwork has been the most used formwork system in Indonesia, aluminium formwork is present although it has not been widely used. Thus, this research investigates the current practices of available formwork systems and its selection criteria in Indonesia. A decision-making framework (DMF) is developed by considering the appropriate assessment criteria for formwork system selection. This framework is then implemented through analytic hierarchy process technique. The result shows that contractors tend to choose aluminium formwork with a preference at 79% compared to conventional timber formwork with a preference at 21%. These findings can be used as considerations for contractors to start using aluminium formwork due to its excellence compared to conventional timber formwork. This study also proves that the proposed DMF can be applied and provides a sound decision related to formwork system selection.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a decision‐making framework for outsourcing levels of logistics activities. These are: execution level of basic activities (such as transportation, warehousing); value‐added activities; planning and control level of activities (such as transportation and inventory management); and strategic decision‐making level of activities (distribution network design).Design/methodology/approachThe research design comprises three stages. Literature review was undertaken to study outsourcing theories. Successively, case studies on three food manufacturers were conducted resulting in a framework for make‐or‐buy decision. Finally, an exploratory survey was undertaken to examine the determinant factors for outsourcing the different activities.FindingsResults indicate that logistics activities at different levels are outsourced for different reasons. Three main determinant factors are identified: asset specificity, core closeness and supply chain complexity. This implies that the evaluation of outsourcing different activities requires insights of three theories, namely transaction cost, resource‐based and supply chain management theory.Research limitations/implicationsThe research and resulting framework are based on three small cases. Furthermore, there are few companies that outsource higher levels of activities, which limits the statistical assessment of the survey results.Practical implicationsThe framework can support the decision‐making process for outsourcing different logistics activities in food industry.Originality/valueThe key contribution of this paper is that it creates a comprehensive framework for outsourcing of both basic and advanced logistics activities specifically for the food industry.

Consideration of logistics, or distribution, operations in their total corporate context usually involves too complex an analysis for use in everyday decision making. During a research programme recently carried out amongst pharmaceutical manufacturing companies, a set of rules was developed as an aid to decision making, which would simplify such an analysis. The details of this step forward in formalised decision making for logistics management are set out in a two‐part article, the first of which appears here.

Faced with a pandemic, doctors around the world are forced to make difficult ethical decisions about clinical, economic and politically charged issues in medicine and healthcare, with little time or resources for support. A decision-making framework is suggested to guide policy and clinical practice to support the needs of healthcare workers, help to allocate scarce resources equitably and promote communication among stakeholders, while drawing on South African doctors' knowledge, culture and experience.