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NOT ALL MANAGERS ARE EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKERS

Decision making can be regarded as an outcome of mental processes (cognitive process) leading to the selection of a course of action among several alternatives. Every decision making process produces a final choice. The output can be an action or an opinion of choice.

This paper seeks to answer the question that ‘not all managers are effective decision makers’ and to do this effectively it explains the decision making process, the scientific approach to decision making in a complex organization, ways to improve decision making as well as the mistakes that are commonly made by managers when making decisions.

INTRODUCTION

Decision making is a core part of a manager’s job, there’s just no getting around it. Yet so many managers, who are thoughtful and analytical, completely miss the boat when it comes to decision making. This is unacceptable behavior from any professional manager, particularly when it comes to the......

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Approximate Pages: 31 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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