Effective Decision-Making Cases
Decision-Making Case Study
Decision-Making Case Study Effective decision-making is a major component in managing an organization, resources, and staff members. Managers may make dozens of important decisions daily that affect the operations, quality, and success of their organization. Not all managers have the natual ability to be effective decision-makers but that does not mean this is an unatainable skill. With the use of tools and intelligent use of resources, this skill can be developed and improved to help managers make the most of their formal decision-making. Case Study To demostrate some of the tools and resources that can improve decision-making, a case study will be examined and serve as an example for applying …show more content…
These steps form a process or a checklist of action items for reaching an informed decision. The tool that would be the most valuable to the clinic manager would be step number two; searching for relevant evidence. Performing research can be time consuming and difficult, but it is the heart of any good decision. Using this tool, the manager can find evidence of past successes or failures in similar healthcare budget cuts. Research could determine the priorities of the Medicaid community and the care that is the most important to them. Collecting data on efficiency statistics may allow the manager to keep important services by improving process flows and reducing waste. Some of the research tools include interviews, academic journals, data warehouses, and the Internet (Rundall et al., 2007). The steps following the research collection, which include evaluating the data and taking action are also very important but are only as valuable as the data used for those steps and …show more content…
(n.d.). Tools to support evidence-informed decision making. Retrieved 1/17/2010, from http://health-evidence.ca/tools
Moumjid, N., Gafni, A., Bremond, A., & Carrere, M. (2007). Shared decision making in the medical encounter: Are we all talking about the same thing?. Medical Decision Making, 27, 539-546. Retrieved from Sage Journals Online database
National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools. (n.d.). Evidence-informed public health. Retrieved 1/17/2010, from http://www.nccmt.ca/eiph/index-eng.html
Rundall, T. G., Marte, P. F., Arroyo, L., McCurdy, R., Graetz, L., Neuwirth, E. B., Curtis, P., ... Hsu, J. (2007). The informed decision toolbox: Tools for knowledge transfer and performance improvement. Journal of Healthcare Management, 52(5),
Decision-Making Case Study Effective decision-making is a major component in managing an organization, resources, and staff members. Managers may make dozens of important decisions daily that affect the operations, quality, and success of their organization. Not all managers have the natual ability to be effective decision-makers but that does not mean this is an unatainable skill. With the use of tools and intelligent use of resources, this skill can be developed and improved to help managers make the most of their formal decision-making. Case Study To demostrate some of the tools and resources that can improve decision-making, a case study will be examined and serve as an example for applying …show more content…
These steps form a process or a checklist of action items for reaching an informed decision. The tool that would be the most valuable to the clinic manager would be step number two; searching for relevant evidence. Performing research can be time consuming and difficult, but it is the heart of any good decision. Using this tool, the manager can find evidence of past successes or failures in similar healthcare budget cuts. Research could determine the priorities of the Medicaid community and the care that is the most important to them. Collecting data on efficiency statistics may allow the manager to keep important services by improving process flows and reducing waste. Some of the research tools include interviews, academic journals, data warehouses, and the Internet (Rundall et al., 2007). The steps following the research collection, which include evaluating the data and taking action are also very important but are only as valuable as the data used for those steps and …show more content…
(n.d.). Tools to support evidence-informed decision making. Retrieved 1/17/2010, from http://health-evidence.ca/tools
Moumjid, N., Gafni, A., Bremond, A., & Carrere, M. (2007). Shared decision making in the medical encounter: Are we all talking about the same thing?. Medical Decision Making, 27, 539-546. Retrieved from Sage Journals Online database
National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools. (n.d.). Evidence-informed public health. Retrieved 1/17/2010, from http://www.nccmt.ca/eiph/index-eng.html
Rundall, T. G., Marte, P. F., Arroyo, L., McCurdy, R., Graetz, L., Neuwirth, E. B., Curtis, P., ... Hsu, J. (2007). The informed decision toolbox: Tools for knowledge transfer and performance improvement. Journal of Healthcare Management, 52(5),