Decision Making Style Analysis

Baldwin is very much a team. Different roles have been assigned to each individual member based on the ranking of the interest and experience of each member in the discussion board post at the beginning of the semester. Each week we will meet on Wednesday evenings on the campus of MSSU in the Spiva Library Building. Members who cannot attend in person will be expected to Skype in to present their decisions for their department for the upcoming round and to answer for any unexpected failure in the previous round. Here is where we will make our final decisions for the week. Each group member is responsible for their assigned area of expertise. When we meet we will have each reviewed the prior round results for the different areas and discuss what when wrong and what we need to address for the next round. All upcoming decisions will be made one by one after reaching a consensus on each area. Any decisions that are disputed, the final decisions will be rendered by the CEO.

The rational decision-making model describes a series of steps that decision makers should consider if their goal is to maximize the quality of their outcome. In other words, if you want to make sure that you make the best choice, going through the formal steps of the rational decision-making model may make sense. The following are the steps taken to come to a rational decision: 1. Identify the problem, 2. Establish decision criteria, 3. Weigh decision criteria, 4. Generate alternatives, 5. Evaluate the alternative, 6. Choose the best alternative, 7. Implement the decision, 8. Evaluate the decision.

Informed decision-making is an important aspect for working in the government. According to Milakovich and Gordon, provide some examples of how information technology can be used to assist bureaucrats in decision-making?

United Methodist follows four Theological Task that we base our decision-making from. The following are the four Theological Task:

I weigh all the facts and information before I can make a decision. I sometimes over analyze the situation at hand, afraid of making the wrong decision. I tend to second guess my decisions. Sometimes others feelings need to be factored in to the decision. When this happens to me I usually put my decision to the side and allow for another’s decision to overcloud my own.

Organizational behavior helps managers to improve the organization in a good way. Decision making process is the one of the behavior in human organizational behavior. According to McShane and Von Glinow (2000), “decision making a conscious process of making choices among one or more alternatives with the intention of moving toward some desired state of affairs”. Decision making is a linear process and it includes six steps such as identifying the problems, gather and evaluate data, list and evaluate alternatives, select best action, implement the decision and getter feedback (refer to Figure 1 in Appendix 1).

How do you make decisions together as a team? How do you, as a team, seek God’s direction and will in the midst of challenging times and a multitude of paths?

1) Please pick one of the projects you were involved in and based on your national culture, how do the culture aspects help to facilitate decision making?

The decision-making process has six stages. These stages consist of identifying and diagnosing the problem, generating alternative solutions, evaluating alternatives, making the choice, implementing the decision, and evaluate the decision. Choosing to go back to school and what school to attend was a problem that I had that needed to be figured out. I did not use the decision-making process; if I had I am not sure if my decision would have been the same.

Decisions regarding the presentation were made by group members during face-to-face discussions. Shared information bias was evident during discussions, as we were more inclined to spend a majority of our time discussing concepts that we all felt knowledgeable about (Forsyth, 2009, p. 328). For example, we each had an abundance of examples illustrating how an individual’s behavior becomes riskier with group polarization, but few of us were aware of examples exhibiting how people can become more cautious when this phenomenon occurs. Thus, we spent an inordinate amount of time discussing riskier shifts of behavior.

Most decisions are made with analysis, but some are judgment calls not susceptible to analysis due to time or information constraints. Please write about a judgment call you’ve made recently that couldn’t be analyzed. It can be a big or small one, but should focus on a business issue. What was the situation, the alternatives you considered and evaluated, and your decision making process? Be sure to explain why you chose the alternative you did relative to others considered.

When examining major decisions I have made in my life, one decision that meant a lot to me was choosing my college major. Therefore, I think accounting is the right major for me. In fact, I know accounting is the right major for me. Not only was choosing accounting as my major a personal decision, it was also decided with help from friends and family. My real interest in accounting stemmed from an intro accounting class taken my senior year of high school that gave me a genuine desire to pursue accounting in college. When coming into UConn, I knew business was always the path I wanted to take, the only obstacle I was facing was gaining acceptance into the School of Business, to help further my studies of accounting.

Decision making can be described as a process of making a decision or decisions, based on choices made amongst two or more competing course of actions. The ‘Decision making’ also requires making a define choice between two or more alternatives course of actions that are available.

Decision Making styles are based on a process of gathering information to make a decision. My cluster is analytical styles. I tend to analyze the situation before coming to a final decision. People who are also in the analytical cluster make pros and cons lists, base their decision on the information that has been given and also make a list of the possible consequences. This is partially true, I often analyze the situation before coming to a decision but I’m also impulsive. I make decisions based on what feels right at the time and sometimes I change my goals after that certain decision. Being an analytical person is great for the careers that were suggested to me. Based on the career cluster, anything that has to do with natural resources is a good fit for me. It’s true, my interest is in either the medical or science fields that require careful thinking and are based on the research.

Research may be defined as a systematic inquiry whose objective is to provide the information that will allow managerial problems to be solved. It is also seen as an activity that is often carried out by most people, knowingly or unknowingly in the course of their daily lives. It is a systematic inquiry whose objective is to provide the information that will allow managerial problems to be solved. It is another word for gathering information.  The more information we have the closer we get of making our own decision.  Research is the result of advancing knowledge created in the past.  There are people from all walks of life that