Nonrational Model Of Decision-Making

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A nonrational model of decision making occurred prior to the disaster on the BP oil rig that resulted in eleven deaths. BP and Transocean were involved on that tragic day, and neither company appeared to understand what was occurring, and they certainly could not agree. The teams in charge of making key decisions did not possess full information, and they did not understand or agree on what the data or occurrences foreshadowed. Due to the horrific ending due to the decisions that day, the garbage can model specifically seems appropriate in this situation. Complex interactions between two camps, BP and Transocean, looking for answers among multiple situations, people, problems tossed together anticipating answers and resulting in mayhem