A520.3.1.RB - Decision Making Styles

A520.3.1.RB - Decision Making Styles

Decision Making Styles refers to the patterns I use when faced with a decision. My decision making style is entirely dependent on the given situation. A few words that can be used to describe my decision-making style are: impulsive – under pressure I tend to go with my first thought, influenced – I will let some that I fell is more experience make the decision, procrastinator – I will but off making a decision till I feel I have a solution, spend to much time and thought second guesting myself. But ultimately develop a plan of action based on gathered information and gut instinct. I am a combination of all these. There are benefits to using one decision making style over another depending on the desired outcome.

The decision making process is the process that is used to make a decision. It can be an expert process, where the decision is made by one or more "experts" who look at the "facts" and make the decision based on those facts; it can be a political process through which a political representative or body makes the decision based on political considerations, or it might be a judicial process where a judge or a jury makes a decision based on an examination of legal evidence and the law.

The opposites of the words I chose depend heavily on the feel of the situation, like all decision no matter who’s making them. Decision making is the process of making choices by setting goals, gathering information, and assessing alternative occupations. Effective and successful decision making for me depends on these words.

I need to be a more active listener. An active listener focuses entirely on what the other person is saying and confirms understanding of both the content of the message and the emotions and feelings underlying the message to ensure that understanding is accurate. And learn to use actual judgment and background knowledge. Actual judgment is based on what I already know. In addition to any specified recent knowledge.

I need to develop my conceptualization skills. This is the process of clarifying and specifying the meaning(s) of variables in a problem statement or hypothesis in order to facilitate examination of relevant research by refining and developing a clear, precise, testable hypothesis.

In conclusion, being a decision maker will definitely take practice and dedication to thinking outside the box and being self-aware of my decision making style.

References

Busenitz, L. W., & Barney, J. B. (1997). Differences between entrepreneurs and managers in large organizations: Biases and heuristics in strategic decision-making. Journal of Business Venturing, 9–30.

Scott, S. G. (1995). Decision-Making Style: The Development and Assessment of a New Measure. SAGE Journals, 818-831.