I. STATEMENT/RECOGNITION OF DECISION REQUIREMENT/PROBLEM Facts of the Case Pinnacle is a small‚ publicly held Indiana-based machine tool company which is currently losing market shares due to aggressive pricing which have an impact on its profit margin. Don Anglos‚ Pinnacle’s CEO‚ heard a credible rumor that a chief competitor of Pinnacle is planning a hostile takeover of Hoilman‚ Inc. Don Anglos has to decide whether Pinnacle should attempt to acquire Hoilman‚ Inc.‚ a company known for
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The article I chose is Humble Decision Making by Amitai Etzioni. Etzioni resources are not current with today’s decision-making. Old-fashioned decision-making does not meet the needs of a world with too much information and too little time. The once ideal rational decision-making requires comprehensive knowledge of every factor of a problem. Knowing every factor of a problem is clearly impossible with today’s time. Etzioni stated‚ "A more recent decision-making model is incrementalism." Incrementalism
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INTRODUCTION Much of what managers and supervisors do is solve problems and make decisions. New managers and supervisors‚ in particular‚ often make solve problems and decisions by reacting to them. They are "under the gun"‚ stressed and very short for time. Consequently‚ when they encounter a new problem or decision they must make‚ they react with a decision that seemed to work before. It’s easy with this approach to get stuck in a circle of solving the same problem over and over again. Therefore
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Thinking and Decision Making Michael Ledford Mark Savell DJ Williams University of Phoenix MGT/350 Mr. Jerry Abendroth September 8‚ 2009 Thinking and Decision Making What are the parts of critical thinking? Believe it or not‚ a process of analysis takes place when thinking occurs. Basically‚ the conscious mind is presented with a situation and formulates a conclusion. However‚ the unconscious mind contributes to the conclusion through assumption. It is critical when thinking in order
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leader makes decisions without consulting employees. The decision-making process does not provide the same results for every organization. Autocratic leadership may be difficult to deal with for some employees‚ but others may perform well under an autocratic leader. Autocratic leaders make all the decisions‚ communicate them to subordinates‚ and expect immediate implementation of instructions. Some leaders may work more effectively when subordinates do not participate in the decision-making process.
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Judgement and Decision Making In listen in on the meeting with Ron and the other company my objectives is that I know Ron heard the information that was presented and I believe he was comfortable with what he heard and seen on the presentation because of the way it was presented and because of that
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describe the concept of managerial decision-making. It will look specifically at the ‘Rational Decision-Making Model’‚ exploring the shortcomings of this approach‚ and will suggest possible ways a manager could overcome these issues when striving to make a rational decision that will bring benefit to an organisation. Throughout this essay‚ empirical research and examples from academic literature will be presented to illustrate the discussion. Decision-making is arguably the single most important
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MODELS OF ORGANIZATIONAL DECISION MAKING When we speak of rational behavior‚ we should remember that our focus in this discussion is not on making decisions‚ but rather on how to support the process of making decisions. Managers are change agents‚ not just decision makers‚ so the steps before and after a decision are as important as the actual choice of action. Preparatory steps include creating tension for change‚ understanding the positions of the various constituencies‚ and developing political
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Strategic thinking is an essential leadership skill. Our learning team has learned to consider our current decision-making strategies‚ and examine our options for choosing the best strategy for any situation be it one-sided‚ compromise‚ collaboration and deciding-by-majority rule. As a learning team we will identify any problem someone on the team may have such as being shy‚ not very talkative and hesitate about having to stand in front of the class while presenting our presentation. Being part
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BM1N1 Ms. Reyes. Meaning of decision making Decision making is a process of selecting the best among the different alternatives. It is the act of making a choice. There are so many alternatives found in the organization and departments. Decision making is defined as the selection of choice of one best alternative. Before making decisions all alternatives should be evaluated from which advantages and disadvantages are known. It helps to make the best decisions. It is also one of the important
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