Ooda Loop Was the Creation of Air

OODA Loop was the creation of Air Force Colonel John Boyd and the acronym stands for observe, orient, decide, and act. Thus observations relates to the observation in depth of the current realities. Orientation deals with the background, specialized knowledge and genetic makeup of the user of the loop or the subject. The third is to decide. Based on the other two sets and requirements a decision is made and the course of action created. The next is too see that action is taken, and from then on the result observed, which means the observer goes back to step one. (Neenergyobserver, 2012)

Communication plays a vital role in this practice. The definitions apply not only to the Air force but all areas where critical decision making is involved. Thus basically the OODA is an iterative loop or decision process that has the components of observing, orienting, deciding and then acting on the decision which again loops back to the observation for the developments and so on. So observing in the context of the practice entails the creation of sufficient knowledge on the subject at hand, in this case the patient care. If one was to study a nation then one has to study the entire facts of the nation. Once the observation is complete the next step would be analyzing the observation on the basis of the cultural heritage of the subject matter. The OODA Loop can also be illustrated with a critical operation like health care. It is not necessary that one must study the military maneuvers. (Ford, 2008)

A health care proposition is equally critical. One aspect is the patient safety and how can it be enforced with healthcare managers and this question defines the OODA loop in the perspective. The choice of a medical setting for the explanation is deliberate because the medical system is a hierarchy that does not normally allow the flow of decision making to the lower levels. Therefore decisions are made at the apex without any care for the variables that affect the decisions. Certain observations and inputs are the domain of the workers in the lower strata. Thus to achieve patient safety they must be included in a loop rather than in the flow of command from top to bottom. This involves the change in the paradigm of thought and decision making and can be critical. (Ford, 2008)

Many critical applications thus derive benefit from the type of decision making process. The deciding in a clinic will be the diagnosis based on the observation and the analysis of the observation. By analyzing the conditions then the decision is made after which it is put in action and the results carefully observed and compiled. (Ford, 2008) This process is acute in cases where something serious- like the patient, life of the individual or a decision involving a major company operation is involved. The most pressing areas other than managerial or individual areas are to see if the decisions are right and are following proper ethics.

Ethical Decisions

The OODA loop contributes to the process of ethical decision making. It is based on the overall concepts, processes, and best practices of business along with integrating ethics in decisions. One of the important aspects of decision would be based on the nationality and nationality issues based on the country in which the person was born. Today the European Union has become a 'nation' with multiple sub-cultures. Today a student may say the place where they live as their nationality. Thus today there are Newyorkers, Texans and so on. This may affect the process of ethical decision making. Today's business requires that managers are able to take decisions disregarding the effect of nationality and in future emigration and nationality may become non-issues. Another factor that is simultaneously relevant is the age and experience of the decision maker, both affecting decisions. Combined with the nationality and age, we have a set of features that determine the decisions. (Ferrell; Fraedrich, 2012)

Case Example: Migration to U.S.

The observation stage begins with the current status of the U.S. And the immigrant is migrating to the U.S. For a job or opening. He or she may also be thinking of opening an enterprise. In both these cases the observation of the current U.S. market is done with care. Then it can be found that before globalization immigration to the U.S. was a dream. It was a land of plenty and opportunities were abundant. What would the observation results show now? It can be seen that many jobs have moved overseas, form the manufacturing sector to the services sector. The third world countries have enormous employment potential and even giant companies like IBM have off-shored to reduce costs and avoid some legal problems and stringent labor laws at home. Off-shoring has caused the depression in the U.S. (Kelly; Booth, 2004)

Under such circumstances the present situation does not provide special prospects even to the highly technically qualified person. Once the observation is complete the person must be able to analyze the job or the role that will be played once they migrate to the U.S. If that is possible and feasible, the second step would be to see if they can orient to the U.S. culture. It involves examining the culture in which the person was born. If for example he or she is an East Indian then they would have to see if they can accommodate the U.S. culture in their mind set. The questions would be 'how have existing immigrants to the U.S. from my place adapted? Can I do that too? Secondly will it be too costly a change in terms of emotions and my well being'?