"We've had national security staff meetings at which we've been asked to brief the options, but we haven't been asked for a recommendation," General Dempsey said.
Only one other study (Butler et al. 2003) included a printed report for the clinician with screening results and suggested brief intervention options.
In brief, adaptation/response options in general could be categorized as share the loss, bear the loss, modify the events, prevent the effects (structural/technologic, legislative/regulatory/financial, institutional/administrative, market based, on-site operations), change use, change location, research, and education and behavioral (White et al. 2001).
The interviews also suggest that while Mr. Bush was extensively briefed on options for an overt American attack on Iran's facilities, he never instructed the Pentagon to move beyond contingency planning, even during the final year of his presidency, contrary to what some critics have suggested.
U.S. officials have told Reuters that the president was expected to be briefed on options ranging from a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops in Afghanistan to a modest increase.
(If you need a brief refresher on options, see the Options Basics Tutorial).
For policymakers (Scenario 1), this article suggests a number of questions that they might ask their staff to consider when preparing a brief report about options to address a problem.
Scenario 2: You work in the Ministry of Health and are preparing a brief report about options to address a high-priority problem that you have been examining in great depth.
But while the ruling on the delay used language that indicated the court was likely to side with the owners on the appeal of the injunction, the owners will be briefed on the options under consideration — what rules for free agency and the salary cap could be put in place, for example — if they lose the appeal and the lockout is lifted.
We will all live with the choices made, we should all be invited to the table and briefed on the options.
